The employment transitions of mid-life women: health and care effects
The employment transitions of mid-life women: health and care effects
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DOI：
10.1017/s0144686x09990511
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发表时间：
2010-02-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Ong, Rachel
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作者：
Austen, Siobhan;Ong, Rachel
这篇文章提供了中年妇女进入和退出有偿工作的信息。随着人口老龄化和教育水平的提高，这一群体在有偿劳动力中的代表性也在增加。这也是一个群体，对于任何应对人口老龄化带来的经济挑战的劳动力供应都至关重要。然而，目前对中年妇女从事有偿工作的需求和情况的了解有限。为了帮助弥补这一知识差距，我们使用了澳大利亚家庭、收入和劳动力动态调查（2001-2005年）前五波的数据，以确定健康、护理和其他因素对中年妇女保持和重新从事有酬工作的能力的因果影响。结果表明，健康状况不佳和/或大量的护理角色对这一群体的就业机会产生了负面影响。然而，重要的是，这些健康和护理影响是不对称的，因为健康的改善和/或护理角色的减少并没有增加返回有偿工作的机会。这一调查结果表明，许多健康状况不佳和/或承担大量护理工作的中年妇女面临着就业机会以及退休和退休前收入的长期负面影响。
This article provides information on the movements into and out of paid work by mid-life women. This is a group whose representation in the paid workforce is growing as population ageing proceeds and as educational qualifications expand. It is also a group that will be critical to any labour supply response to the economic challenges posed by population ageing. However, current understandings of the needs and circumstances of mid-life women in paid work are limited. To help address this knowledge gap we use data from the first five waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey (2001-2005) to identify the causal influences of health, care and other factors on the ability of mid-life women to remain in and re-enter paid work. The results show that poor health and/or substantial care roles have a negative impact on the employment chances of this group. However, importantly, there is asymmetry in these health and care effects, in that improvements in health and/or reductions in care roles do not increase the chances of returning to paid work. This finding indicates that many mid-life women who experience poor health and/or undertake large care roles face substantial long-term negative consequences for their employment chances and, thus their retirement and pre-retirement incomes.