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abstract: 'A substantial proportion of working age individuals in Britain are
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looking after sick, disabled or elderly people, often combining their
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work and caring responsibilities. Previous research has shown that
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informal care is linked with substantial opportunity costs for the
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individual due to forgone wages as a result of non-labour market
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participation. In this paper we show that informal carers exhibit
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further disadvantages even when participating. Using the British
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Household Panel Study (BHPS) we decompose wage differentials and show
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that carers can expect lower returns for a given set of characteristics,
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with this wage penalty varying along the pay distribution and by gender.
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Furthermore, opportunity costs from forgone wages and wage penalties are
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estimated and found to be substantial. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights
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reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Heitmueller, A (Corresponding Author), London Business Sch, PMSU, IZA
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Bonn, London, England.
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London Business Sch, PMSU, IZA Bonn, London, England.
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McMaster Univ, DWP, London, England.'
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author: Heitmueller, Axel and Inglis, Kirsty
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author-email: aheitmueller@london.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Heitmueller
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given: Axel
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- family: Inglis
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given: Kirsty
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.12.009
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files: []
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issn: 0167-6296
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journal: JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
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keywords: decomposition; earnings distribution; opportunity costs
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language: English
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month: JUL 1
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number: '4'
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number-of-cited-references: '17'
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pages: 821-841
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papis_id: 7d323f7911c0d68eee2c17cda37c662f
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ref: Heitmueller2007earningsinformal
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times-cited: '115'
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title: 'The earnings of informal carers: Wage differentials and opportunity costs'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000247558100009
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '26'
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volume: '26'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics; Health Care Sciences \& Services; Health Policy
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\& Services
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year: '2007'
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