Your next of kin or your own career?. Caring and working among the 50+ of Europe

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 718-738

  Bolin, K ^a   Lindgren, B ^a   Lundborg, P ^a,b,c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endogeneity; Europe; Informal care; Labour market outcomes; SHARE

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MARKET; POLICY MAKING; WAGE;

ARTICLE; CAREER; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATIENT CARE; WORKING TIME;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 43549094488     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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