Do they care too much to work? The influence of caregiving intensity on the labour force participation of unpaid caregivers in Canada

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 895-903

  Lilly, Meredith B ^a   Laporte, Audrey ^b   Coyte, Peter C ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home care; Informal caregivers; Labour force participation; Unpaid caregiving

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; SERVICE SECTOR; WAGE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LAW; SALARY; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

CANADA; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

CANADA;

EID: 77958181300     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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