Kucel, AleksanderVilalta-Bufí, Montserrat2019-11-082019-11-082019https://hdl.handle.net/2445/144179Research 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.26 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd, (c) Kucel, 2019http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Economia del treballMotivació en l'educacióIntervenció educativaLabor economicsMotivation in educationEducational interventioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess