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abstract: 'In Australia the policy balance has shifted away from institutional
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forms of health and aged care towards supporting people in their own
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homes. This change presupposes a significant and growing supply of
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informal caring labour. A large proportion of informal carers (40-60 per
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cent) currently combine paid employment with their caring
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responsibilities. Using the longitudinal Household, Income and Labour
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Dynamics in Australia Survey, the paper examines the effect of caring on
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employment, hours worked and earnings. The analysis shows that working
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age carers experience disadvantage. Carers are more likely than
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non-carers to reduce their hours of work or exit from the labour force,
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and earn lower levels of income. In planning for an ageing population,
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policies will need to address these negative effects and privatised
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costs of caring if the supply of informal care is to be sustained in the
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future.'
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author: Bittman, Michael and Hill, Trish and Thomson, Cathy
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author_list:
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- family: Bittman
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given: Michael
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- family: Hill
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given: Trish
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- family: Thomson
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given: Cathy
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00053.x
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eissn: 1839-4655
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files: []
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issn: 0157-6321
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journal: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES
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keywords: informal carers; employment; earnings
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keywords-plus: TRANSITIONS
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language: English
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month: WIN
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '26'
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pages: 255-272
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papis_id: 8712f355bece7633638fc8758b4d9dcf
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ref: Bittman2007impactcaring
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times-cited: '68'
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title: 'The impact of caring on informal carers'' employment, income and earnings:
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a longitudinal approach'
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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:000247675600010
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '25'
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volume: '42'
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web-of-science-categories: Social Issues
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year: '2007'
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