Effect of caring for an older person on women's lifetime participation in work

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 745-763

  Masuy, Amandine Jasmine ^a,b,c  

^a FNRS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

European Community Household Panel; Female employment; Informal care; Life stage; Lifecourse approach; Longitudinal analysis

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67749139472     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08008180     Document Type: Article

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