Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance

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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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Main Authors:	Austen, Siobhan, Jefferson, Therese, Lewin, Gill, Ong, Rachel, Sharp, R.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Sage Publications 2015
Subjects:	work and family Labour economics women and work social conditions productivity
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2806

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