Young people and household caring in the postwar: Evidence from the FARC cease-fire in Colombia

This study examines the impact of violence-related governmental policies on time allocation in Colombia. More specifically, using data from the Encuesta Nacional del Uso de Tiempo, and FARC-EP related conflict by municipality, I employed a difference-in-differences identification strategy to analyze the behavior towards time use of young individuals (between the ages of 14 and 28) before and after the 2014 ceasefire. Results show that the absence of violence increased their time spent in taking care of other household members and encouraged them to immerse in the labour market, with the trade off of decreasing their time sleeping. Furthermore, by increasing the amount of time spent on household activities for young men and reducing it for young women, the latter increased the time spent and the probability of entering the labour market, thereby benefiting from a more equal household distribution of chores. Finally, young people in households with higher levels of education and greater possession of goods were able to prioritize entry into the labour market despite increasing their time spent on care-giving, even if this meant sacrificing hours of education and sleep. In contrast, those from less advantaged households tended to increase their time mainly in care-giving and household activities. The results are proven to be time sensitive and robust to selective migration patterns.

• Fecha de publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad del Rosario
• Repositorio: Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/40186
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.48713/10336_40186; https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/40186
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International