Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance
This article uses data from a panel of Australian mature-age women to examine the effects of care roles on workers’ intentions to leave their jobs. We focus on how the employment effects of care roles can be shaped by the economic circumstances of the worker. We find that caring for an ill, frail or...
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| author | Austen, Siobhan Jefferson, Therese Lewin, Gill Ong, Rachel Sharp, R. |
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| description | This article uses data from a panel of Australian mature-age women to examine the effects of care roles on workers’ intentions to leave their jobs. We focus on how the employment effects of care roles can be shaped by the economic circumstances of the worker. We find that caring for an ill, frail or disabled family member has significantly lower effects on the turnover intentions of mature-age women with ‘poor’ (as compared to favourable) economic circumstances. We interpret this pattern as reflecting the financial costs associated with the provisioning of these types of family care needs. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-28062017-09-13T14:33:01Z Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance Austen, Siobhan Jefferson, Therese Lewin, Gill Ong, Rachel Sharp, R. work and family Labour economics women and work social conditions productivity This article uses data from a panel of Australian mature-age women to examine the effects of care roles on workers’ intentions to leave their jobs. We focus on how the employment effects of care roles can be shaped by the economic circumstances of the worker. We find that caring for an ill, frail or disabled family member has significantly lower effects on the turnover intentions of mature-age women with ‘poor’ (as compared to favourable) economic circumstances. We interpret this pattern as reflecting the financial costs associated with the provisioning of these types of family care needs. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2806 10.1177/0022185615590906 Sage Publications fulltext |
| spellingShingle | work and family Labour economics women and work social conditions productivity Austen, Siobhan Jefferson, Therese Lewin, Gill Ong, Rachel Sharp, R. Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance |
| title | Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance |
| title_full | Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance |
| title_fullStr | Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance |
| title_short | Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance |
| title_sort | care roles and employment decision-making: the effect of economic circumstance |
| topic | work and family Labour economics women and work social conditions productivity |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2806 |