Loken, Katrine Vellesen; Lundberg, Shelly; Riise, Julie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In this paper, we use a 1998 reform in the federal funding of local home-based care for the elderly in Norway to examine the effects of formal care expansion on the labor supply decisions and mobility of middle-aged children. Our main finding is a consistent and significant negative impact of...