Eldercare hours, work hours and perceived filial obligations

Mazzotta, Fernanda; Bettio, Francesca; Zigante, Valentina

doi:10.1080/00036846.2019.1687839

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“…The adjustment to higher employment through care intensity is in line with most empirical studies that account for the intensity of care. These have found a large and significant negative effect of employment on caregiving, but only for high intensity care (Carmichael et al, 2010; Mazzotta et al, 2020). Mazzotta et al (2020) addressed the same causal relationship between increased employment and caregiving across European countries for the mid‐2000s and found that increasing working hours did reduce the intensity of caregiving.…”

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“…These have found a large and significant negative effect of employment on caregiving, but only for high intensity care (Carmichael et al, 2010; Mazzotta et al, 2020). Mazzotta et al (2020) addressed the same causal relationship between increased employment and caregiving across European countries for the mid‐2000s and found that increasing working hours did reduce the intensity of caregiving. Unlike the present study, however, theirs was carried out before changes to the pension system enhanced the link between employment spells and pension amounts (such as the ones that were introduced in Austria) and did not account for gender differences.…”

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“…The effect of increases in female employment on informal care provision is thus unclear from a theoretical standpoint and should be empirically tested in parallel with possible effects on leisure and care burden. Studies on the effect of employment on informal care show a negative effect of the former on the probability to provide informal care (Michaud et al, 2012; He & McHenry, 2016; Mazzotta, Bettio, & Zigante, 2020), particularly for middle‐aged women (Mentzakis, McNamee, & Ryan, 2009; Nizalova, 2012), as well as more affluent individuals (Carmichael et al, 2010). He and McHenry (2016) also find significant negative effects of employment on high intensity caregiving among middle‐aged (40–64 years old) women.…”

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How does she do it all? Effects of education on reconciliation of employment and informal caregiving among Austrian women

Rodrigues

Ilinca

2021

Soc Policy Adm

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The introduction of reforms to the Austrian pension system in the early 2000s resulted in a significant increase in the employment rate of older working age women. This increase was highly differentiated along education groups, with increases in employment rates concentrated among those with secondary and tertiary education. Logistic regression analysis is applied to SHARE data from waves 1 and 6, to determine whether the increase in labour market participation of women aged 50+ in Austria has affected informal caregiving across education lines. Unlike their secondary and tertiary educated counterparts, lower educated women were more likely to provide high intensity care in 2015 than in 2004, resulting in an education gradient that was not present before. In comparison, the overall probability to provide care has not changed significantly, irrespective of older women's education. Other possible adjustments were also explored, such as decreased participation in social activities or higher care burden. There is also limited evidence of compensation by increased informal care provision among men. Both employment and informal care provision have become more segmented in Austria in the wake of the pension reforms of 2004.

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How does she do it all? Effects of education on reconciliation of employment and informal caregiving among Austrian women

Rodrigues

Ilinca

2021

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“…For males, working on any basis (full-time, part-time or self-employment) in the preceding year significantly reduced the probability of providing care as primary care-givers (Nguyen and Connelly, 2017). More recent findings from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) show that an increase in average weekly work hours reduced the time spent providing care, and this was particularly true of women (Mazzotta et al , 2020). It is noteworthy that these studies predominantly focus on working-aged samples (under the age 60 years) and only account for actual work status (full-time or part-time) and not work preferences.…”

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Becoming an informal care-giver: the role of work status incongruence

Koreshi

Alpass

2022

Ageing and Society

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The ageing of the workforce suggests that many older adults will be combining work and care. While there is extensive evidence for the impact of informal care-giving on paid employment, there is less research on how work status may influence the provision of informal care. It has also yet to be established whether work preferences may influence the uptake of care-giving responsibilities, particularly for older workers. We investigated the impact of work status congruence on taking up informal care at two-year follow-up. A sample of 1,211 employed participants aged 55–70 years was surveyed over two consecutive waves. Involuntary part-time workers were more likely to provide care at Time 1 than involuntary full-timers, voluntary part-timers and voluntary full-timers. Participants were more likely to take up care if the opportunity costs of doing so were low, however, only for those whose preferences for more work were not met. There were no moderating effects of gender and economic living standards on the relationship between work status incongruence and provision of care-giving. Understanding the decision-making processes older workers undertake when taking up informal care are complex and must consider the influence of personal work preferences. These findings have implications for care and work-based policy given the importance of informal care in sustaining ageing-in-place policies.

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“…The picture painted by these numbers clearly shows that many millions of family members are directly or indirectly burdened by the need to care for older family members. While empirical research has shown that employment, whether part-time or full-time, may not have had a large impact on the hours spent by daughters in assisting parents (Dautzenberg et al, 2000 ; Mazotta et al, 2020 ), this research asks instead whether living with older family members needing assistance impacts younger family members’ labor supply.…”

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The Effects on Labor Supply of Living with Older Family Members Needing Assistance with Activities of Daily Living

Wilcox

Sahni

2022

J Fam Econ Iss

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Using a sample of 18,201 observations of working age respondents drawn from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 1996–2018, this research examined the labor supply effects for younger family members of living with older persons needing assistance with activities of daily living. We report the effects for three labor supply outcomes of younger family members: working hours, full-time work, and occupational flexibility of working hours. Our results indicate that living with an older family member needing assistance significantly reduced younger women’s working hours and the probability of working full-time among younger women, but increased both of these labor outcomes among younger men. In addition, living with an older family member needing help led younger women to work in occupations with significantly larger average variances in working hours. This suggests that these women occupied positions that allowed greater flexibility of working hours. We found little effect on flexibility of working hours for younger men. We conclude that the need for assistance among older family members has important effects on the labor market outcomes of younger family members.

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Eldercare hours, work hours and perceived filial obligations

Cited by 8 publications

References 41 publications

How does she do it all? Effects of education on reconciliation of employment and informal caregiving among Austrian women

How does she do it all? Effects of education on reconciliation of employment and informal caregiving among Austrian women

Becoming an informal care-giver: the role of work status incongruence

The Effects on Labor Supply of Living with Older Family Members Needing Assistance with Activities of Daily Living

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