Does Formal Employment Reduce Informal Caregiving?
Does Formal Employment Reduce Informal Caregiving?
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DOI：
10.1002/hec.3185
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发表时间：
2016-07-01
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影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
McHenry, Peter
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作者：
He, Daifeng;McHenry, Peter
通过收入和项目参与调查，我们研究了正式就业对非正式护理的影响。我们用州失业率来计算个人工作时间。我们发现，在处于主要照顾年龄（40-64岁）的女性中，每周多工作10%的时间会使提供非正式照顾的可能性降低约2个百分点。如果看护时间越长，如果看护人是家庭成员，这种影响就越强。我们的研究结果表明，在老龄化社会中，促进工作的政策会产生意想不到的后果，即减少非正式护理。版权所有：John Wiley & Sons， Ltd
Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation, we examine the impact of formal employment on informal caregiving. We instrument for individual work hours with state unemployment rates. We find that, among women of prime caregiving ages (40-64years), working 10% more hours per week reduces the probability of providing informal care by about 2 percentage points. The effects are stronger for more time-intensive caregiving and if care recipients are household members. Our results imply that work-promoting policies have the unintended consequence of reducing informal caregiving in an aging society. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.