"do i stay or do i go?" - Job change and labor market exit intentions of employees providing informal care to older adults

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1230-1249

  Schneider, Ulrike ^a   Trukeschitz, Birgit ^a   Mühlmann, Richard ^a   Ponocny, Ivo ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b MODUL UNIVERSITY VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

care burden; family to work conflict; informal eldercare; job change; labor market withdrawal; multinomial logistic regression; turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB CHANGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

CARE BURDEN; FAMILY-TO-WORK CONFLICT; INFORMAL ELDERCARE; JOB CHANGE; LABOR MARKET WITHDRAWAL; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; TURNOVER INTENTIONS;

AGED; AUSTRIA; CAREGIVERS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PERSONNEL TURNOVER;

EID: 84884272717     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2880     Document Type: Article

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