Informal adult care and caregivers' employment in Europe

► I estimate the effect of providing informal adult care on employment in Europe. ► I try to account for both time variant and time invariant unobserved heterogeneity. ► A large negative effect is found when I use instruments for informal care. ► The result is not robust once account is taken of individual time-invariant effects. ► The effect of providing unpaid care on employment is found to be negative but small.