Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women

This work investigates the link between grandmothers’ participation in the labour market during adult life (between ages 18 and 49) and their provision of grandparental childcare later in life. Our contribution is twofold. First, we consider the Italian case, that despite its reliance on informal ca...

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Autores: Zanasi, Francesca, Arpino, Bruno, Pirani, Elena, Bordone, Valeria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
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Palabra clave:Grandparents
Childcare
Female labour force participation
Work histories
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spelling Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older womenZanasi, FrancescaArpino, BrunoPirani, ElenaBordone, ValeriaGrandparentsChildcareFemale labour force participationWork historiesThis work investigates the link between grandmothers’ participation in the labour market during adult life (between ages 18 and 49) and their provision of grandparental childcare later in life. Our contribution is twofold. First, we consider the Italian case, that despite its reliance on informal care has been under-researched. Second, we test two contrasting arguments on the association between grandchild care provision and grandmother’s work histories. On the one hand, lifelong homemakers could be more family-oriented and more likely to provide grandchild care in later life. On the other hand, ever-employed grandmothers could be more likely to have employed daughters and provide grandchild care to support their working careers. With data from the Multipurpose surveys on Families and Social Subjects (2003, 2009, 2016), we estimate logistic regression models, considering various specifications of grandparental childcare, and measuring labour market attachment in three different ways (having ever worked, length of working career, employment interruptions for family reasons). Results show a dualism between grandmothers who ever worked and those who never did, with the former more likely to provide grandparental childcare, especially when parents are at work. Grandmothers who worked only a few years are more similar, in terms of grandchild care provision, to those who worked throughout their life, than to lifelong homemakers. This association is stronger in the South and North-West of Italy. Overall, we showed that care responsibilities are inextricable from labour market participation, as grandmothers who already juggled family and work are those supporting the most their adult children’s work–family reconciliation.Springer202320232022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/56763http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41118-022-00158-6reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésGenus. 2022;78:11.https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/microdati+ad+uso+pubblico© The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/567632026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women
title Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women
spellingShingle Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women
Zanasi, Francesca
Grandparents
Childcare
Female labour force participation
Work histories
title_short Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women
title_full Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women
title_fullStr Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women
title_full_unstemmed Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women
title_sort Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Zanasi, Francesca
Arpino, Bruno
Pirani, Elena
Bordone, Valeria
author Zanasi, Francesca
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Arpino, Bruno
Pirani, Elena
Bordone, Valeria
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Pirani, Elena
Bordone, Valeria
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Grandparents
Childcare
Female labour force participation
Work histories
topic Grandparents
Childcare
Female labour force participation
Work histories
description This work investigates the link between grandmothers’ participation in the labour market during adult life (between ages 18 and 49) and their provision of grandparental childcare later in life. Our contribution is twofold. First, we consider the Italian case, that despite its reliance on informal care has been under-researched. Second, we test two contrasting arguments on the association between grandchild care provision and grandmother’s work histories. On the one hand, lifelong homemakers could be more family-oriented and more likely to provide grandchild care in later life. On the other hand, ever-employed grandmothers could be more likely to have employed daughters and provide grandchild care to support their working careers. With data from the Multipurpose surveys on Families and Social Subjects (2003, 2009, 2016), we estimate logistic regression models, considering various specifications of grandparental childcare, and measuring labour market attachment in three different ways (having ever worked, length of working career, employment interruptions for family reasons). Results show a dualism between grandmothers who ever worked and those who never did, with the former more likely to provide grandparental childcare, especially when parents are at work. Grandmothers who worked only a few years are more similar, in terms of grandchild care provision, to those who worked throughout their life, than to lifelong homemakers. This association is stronger in the South and North-West of Italy. Overall, we showed that care responsibilities are inextricable from labour market participation, as grandmothers who already juggled family and work are those supporting the most their adult children’s work–family reconciliation.
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