Reposted by Florian Buchkremer
Interesting paper by @lonnekevdberg.bsky.social and @pgonalon.bsky.social shows with longitudinal register data in the NL that proximity to grandmothers increases mothers’ post-birth employment, smaller for partnered mothers, bigger for single mothers academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...
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Geographic proximity to grandparents and mothers’ paid work after childbirth
Abstract. Grandparents often provide childcare, which can help foster mothers’ labour market participation. Most studies on this topic compare mothers who