The effect of informal care on work and wages
The effect of informal care on work and wages
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.10.006
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Skira, Meghan M.
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作者：
Van Houtven, Courtney Harold;Coe, Norma B.;Skira, Meghan M.
美国的横截面证据发现，非正式照顾者对劳动力的依恋程度较低。因果机制尚不清楚：是工作较少的儿童成为非正式照顾者，还是成为照顾者的儿童工作较少？使用纵向数据从健康和退休研究，我们确定了非正式护理和工作之间的关系，在美国，无论是在密集和广泛的利润率，并检查工资的影响。我们控制时间不变的个体异质性;排除或控制内分泌;分别检查男性和女性的影响;并分析任务和强度的异质性影响。我们发现，为提供个人护理的男性照顾者工作的可能性略有下降--2.4个百分点。与此同时，女性家务照顾者更有可能退休。对于仍在工作的女性护理提供者，我们发现有证据表明，她们每周减少3-10小时的工作，工资比非护理人员低3%。我们发现裁员对工人的工作时间和工资几乎没有影响。这些估计表明，机会成本，以非正式的护理提供者是重要的考虑时，制定政策建议的设计和资助的公共长期护理计划。由爱思唯尔公司出版
Cross-sectional evidence in the United States finds that informal caregivers have less attachment to the labor force. The causal mechanism is unclear: do children who work less become informal caregivers, or are children who become caregivers working less? Using longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study, we identify the relationship between informal care and work in the United States, both on the intensive and extensive margins, and examine wage effects. We control for time-invariant individual heterogeneity; rule out or control for endogeneity; examine effects for men and women separately; and analyze heterogeneous effects by task and intensity. We find modest decreases-2.4 percentage points in the likelihood of working for male caregivers providing personal care. Female chore caregivers, meanwhile, are more likely to be retired. For female care providers who remain working, we find evidence that they decrease work by 3-10 hours per week and face a 3 percent lower wage than non-caregivers. We find little effect of caregiving on working men's hours or wages. These estimates suggest that the opportunity costs to informal care providers are important to consider when making policy recommendations about the design and funding of public long-term care programs. Published by Elsevier B.V.