A dynamic analysis of informal care and employment in England

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-465

  Michaud, Pierre Carl ^a,b,c   Heitmueller, Axel ^b,d   Nazarov, Zafar ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (Germany)

^c NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

^d LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Caregiving; Dynamic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953121143     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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