Effect of Informal Care on Work, Wages, and Wealth

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“Do I Stay or Do I Go?”—job Change and Labor Market Exit Intentions of Employees Providing Informal Care to Older Adults

“…Following an educated guess by Van Houtven et al (2010), men might have to compensate for income losses to the household resulting from the previous labor market withdrawal of their caregiving wives. We did not find an effect for female workers, while for male workers, eldercare hours were negatively related to anticipated labor market exit.…”

“…Among others, the direction of causality cannot be revealed using cross-sectional data. As noted by Van Houtven et al (2010), difficulties in reconciling work and eldercare are likely to increase with the duration of the caregiving. As this study uses cross-sectional data and a nonlinear outcome model, we cannot account for this self-selection effect on the caregiving role.…”

“…Bolin et al, 2007;Colombo et al, 2011;Crespo, 2006;Crespo and Mira, 2010;Ettner, 1996;Heitmueller, 2007;Henz, 2004Henz, , 2006Lilly et al, 2010;Van Houtven et al, 2010), their weekly working hours (Carmichael and Charles, 1998;Carmichael and Charles, 2003b;Carmichael et al, 2004;Dautzenberg et al, 2000;Lilly et al, 2010;RIS MRC CFAS et al, 1998;Van Houtven et al, 2010), productivity and earnings (e.g. Bolin et al, 2007;Colombo et al, 2011;Crespo, 2006;Crespo and Mira, 2010;Ettner, 1996;Heitmueller, 2007;Henz, 2004Henz, , 2006Lilly et al, 2010;Van Houtven et al, 2010), their weekly working hours (Carmichael and Charles, 1998;Carmichael and Charles, 2003b;Carmichael et al, 2004;Dautzenberg et al, 2000;Lilly et al, 2010;RIS MRC CFAS et al, 1998;Van Houtven et al, 2010), productivity and earnings (e.g.…”

Do Couples Self-Insure? The Effect of Informal Care on a Couple's Labor Supply

“…We make an additional modification to equations (3) and (4) based on previous work (Van Houtven et al 2010;Leger 2005) and our own statistical tests, and that is the inclusion of time-invariant heterogeneity via individual-spouse fixed effects ( ) which can be correlated with…”

“…Many studies have examined the effect of informal care provision for a parent on the labor force participation and wages and earnings of the adult child providing the care. While a general consensus has yet to be reached, most studies have found evidence of a negative correlation between informal care and employment (Crespo 2006;Ettner 1996;Heitmueller 2007;Michaud et al 2010;Johnson and LoSasso 2000;Pavalko and Artis 1997;Van Houtven et al 2010) as well as informal care and earnings (Carmichael and Charles 2003;Heitmueller and Inglis 2007;Wakabayashi and Donato 2005;Van Houtven et al 2010). The previous studies analyze an adult child's caregiving and employment decisions without considering the labor supply response of his/her spouse to these decisions.…”