The effects of ill health and informal care roles on the employment retention of mid-life women: Does the workplace matter?

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The effects of ill health and informal care roles on the employment retention of mid-life women: Does the workplace matter?

This article uses longitudinal data to measure the effects of ill health and informal care roles on the employment chances of mid-life women, and to examine how these effects are mediated by workplace characteristics. We find that women in jobs with lower skills/status encounter the greatest difficu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Austen, Siobhan, Ong, Rachel
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Sage Journals 2013
Subjects:	workplaces informal care ill health Employment retention women
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26962

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