abstract: 'BACKGROUND While the employment of mothers has received considerable

  scholarly attention, the potential role of coresidence with kin for

  fostering mothers'' work remains underdeveloped. OBJECTIVE We assess the

  relationship between kin coresidence, as well as the gender and

  employment status of kin on mothers'' employment, and hours of work.

  Further, we compare Brazil and Peru, two South American,

  upper-middle-income countries with divergent patterns of household

  structure. METHODS Using nationally representative surveys from Brazil

  and Peru, we estimate linear probability models and Tobit regressions

  predicting mothers'' employment and hours of work. RESULTS We find a

  positive association between kin coresidence and mothers'' work outcomes.

  This association differs by the gender and employment status of kin. Our

  findings show the association between kin coresidence is stronger in

  Peru than in Brazil. CONCLUSIONS Scholarly work has shown that mothers

  shoulder most of the unpaid family work, imposing constraints on their

  opportunities in the labor markets. Coresident kin can help ease these

  diverging demands. Our results also suggest that the social norms that

  shape household arrangements may also influence support provided by

  coresident relatives.'
author: Aragao, Carolina and Villanueva, Aida
author-email: 'mcarolina.aragao@utexas.edu

  avillanuevam@umass.edu'
author_list:
- family: Aragao
  given: Carolina
- family: Villanueva
  given: Aida
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.30
files: []
issn: 1435-9871
journal: DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
keywords-plus: 'CHILD-CARE; LIVING ARRANGEMENTS; SINGLE MOTHERS; WAGE PENALTY; FAMILY;

  SUPPORT; INEQUALITY; EMPLOYMENT; POLICIES; GENDER'
language: English
month: OCT 6
number-of-cited-references: '70'
pages: 917-956
papis_id: fad135fb9e987f2e4f54022a6fce7867
ref: Aragao2021howdo
times-cited: '2'
title: How do mothers work? Kin coresidence and mothers' work in Latin America
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000705047400001
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '45'
web-of-science-categories: Demography
year: '2021'