How does informal caregiving affect daughters’ employment and mental health in Japan?

•Caregiving has a negative, albeit modest, impact on female employment.•Hours and days worked per week are not related to caregiving.•For caregivers, employment does not add to psychological distress. We examine the association of informal caregiving with daughters’ employment and mental health in J...

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Published in:Journal of the Japanese and international economies 2018-09, Vol.49, p.1-7
Main Authors: Oshio, Takashi, Usui, Emiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Employment
Informal caregiving
Labor supply
Mental health
Work hours
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Summary:•Caregiving has a negative, albeit modest, impact on female employment.•Hours and days worked per week are not related to caregiving.•For caregivers, employment does not add to psychological distress. We examine the association of informal caregiving with daughters’ employment and mental health in Japan, using the 2008–2014 waves of the Longitudinal Survey of Middle-Aged and Older Adults, a large and nationally representative panel survey of middle-aged Japanese individuals. We find that caregiving reduces the probability of employment by only 3.2%, after controlling for time-invariant individual heterogeneity, and is not associated with either the hours or days worked per week by working caregivers. We further observe that employment does not add to the psychological distress already being experienced by the caregivers as a result of their caregiving role.
ISSN:0889-1583
1095-8681
DOI:10.1016/j.jjie.2018.01.001