Overeducation and childcare time

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, we study whether being overeducated - working in a job that requires less education than the level of education ac...

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Authors: Kucel, Aleksander, Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat
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Publication Date:2023
Country:España
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Keyword:Economia del treball
Motivació en l'educació
Intervenció educativa
Labor economics
Motivation in education
Educational intervention
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spelling Overeducation and childcare timeKucel, AleksanderVilalta-Bufí, MontserratEconomia del treballMotivació en l'educacióIntervenció educativaLabor economicsMotivation in educationEducational interventionResearch 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, we 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. We 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. We estimate time use equations using the American Time Use Survey from 2004 to 2019. We find that overeducated parents devote less time to childcare than matched parents, especially in the weekend sample. Our results suggest that overeducation is not a deliberate choice prioritizing family over career. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on the implications of being overeducated on childcare.Emerald Publishing2023202320232023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion20 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/201765Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-01-2023-0040International Journal of Manpower, 2023, vol. 44, num. 9, p. 108-127https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-01-2023-0040(c) Emerald Publishing, 2023http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2017652026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Overeducation and childcare time
spellingShingle Overeducation and childcare time
Kucel, Aleksander
Economia del treball
Motivació en l'educació
Intervenció educativa
Labor economics
Motivation in education
Educational intervention
title_short Overeducation and childcare time
title_full Overeducation and childcare time
title_fullStr Overeducation and childcare time
title_full_unstemmed Overeducation and childcare time
title_sort Overeducation and childcare time
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kucel, Aleksander
Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat
author Kucel, Aleksander
author_facet Kucel, Aleksander
Vilalta-Bufí, Montserrat
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Economia del treball
Motivació en l'educació
Intervenció educativa
Labor economics
Motivation in education
Educational intervention
topic Economia del treball
Motivació en l'educació
Intervenció educativa
Labor economics
Motivation in education
Educational intervention
description 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, we 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. We 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. We estimate time use equations using the American Time Use Survey from 2004 to 2019. We find that overeducated parents devote less time to childcare than matched parents, especially in the weekend sample. Our results suggest that overeducation is not a deliberate choice prioritizing family over career. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on the implications of being overeducated on childcare.
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International Journal of Manpower, 2023, vol. 44, num. 9, p. 108-127
https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-01-2023-0040
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