Family Spillover Effects of Shocks in Parental Caregiving

I use difference-in-differences and event-study methods to estimate the effects of older adults' falls on their adult children's labor supply and caregiving. Falls significantly increase both overall caregiving received by parents and caregiving provided by adult children. Adult children whose parents lack caregiving substitutes are less likely to work after a parental fall. Although women provide more care before and in response to a fall, men are more likely to stop working after a fall. These differences appear to be driven partially by gender differences in the type of care provided to parents after a fall.