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2019

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Over-education and childcare time [WP]

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Research shows that over-education has negative effects on individuals in terms of their wage and job satisfaction. In this paper, we study the intergenerational implications of over-education via childcare time. We analyze whether being over-educated affects the time mothers devote to take care of their children. We use the American Time Use Survey from 2004 to 2017. We find that over-educated mothers devote less time to primary childcare than they would do were they matched. The effect of being a college graduate mother on primary childcare time during weekdays is significantly lower when she is over-educated. Results suggest that being over-educated is not a deliberate choice prioritizing family over career.

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Economia del treball, Motivació en l'educació, Intervenció educativa

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Labor economics, Motivation in education, Educational intervention

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UB Economics – Working Papers [ERE]
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KUCEL, Aleksander and VILALTA-BUFÍ, Montserrat. Over-education and childcare time [WP]. UB Economics – Working Papers. 2019. Vol.  E19/391. [consulted: 17 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/144179

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