Overeducation and childcare time

Purpose – Research shows that parental employment and education status affect the amount of parental childcare time, which is a fundamental determinant of children’s outcomes. In this paper, the authors study whether being overeducated – working in a job that requires less education than the level o...

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Autores: Kucel, Aleksander, Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.12367/2446
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12367/2446
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Parental time
Childcare time
Overeducation
Education-job mismatch
ATUS
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Sumario:Purpose – Research shows that parental employment and education status affect the amount of parental childcare time, which is a fundamental determinant of children’s outcomes. In this paper, the authors study whether being overeducated – working in a job that requires less education than the level of education acquired – is related to the time parents devote to their children. Design/methodology/approach – The authors set two main hypotheses. First, overeducation might lead to more childcare time if being overeducated is the result of the individual prioritizing family over career. Second, overeducation might lead to less childcare time if overeducation is the result of lower ability. The authors estimate time use equations using the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) from 2004 to 2019. [...]