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Over-education and childcare time

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  • Aleksander Kucel

    (ESCSET, Tecnocampus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

  • Montserrat Vilalta-Bufí

    (Universitat de Barcelona)

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Research shows that over-education has negative effects on individuals in terms of their wage and job satisfaction. In this paper, we study the intergenerational implications of over-education via childcare time. We analyze whether being over-educated affects the time mothers devote to take care of their children. We use the American Time Use Survey from 2004 to 2017. We find that over-educated mothers devote less time to primary childcare than they would do were they matched. The effect of being a college graduate mother on primary childcare time during weekdays is significantly lower when she is over-educated. Results suggest that being over-educated is not a deliberate choice prioritizing family over career.

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  • Aleksander Kucel & Montserrat Vilalta-Bufí, 2019. "Over-education and childcare time," UB School of Economics Working Papers 2019/391, University of Barcelona School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ewp:wpaper:391web
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    Keywords

    Labour & Demographic Economics; Economics of Education.;

    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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