abstract: 'In Australia the policy balance has shifted away from institutional

  forms of health and aged care towards supporting people in their own

  homes. This change presupposes a significant and growing supply of

  informal caring labour. A large proportion of informal carers (40-60 per

  cent) currently combine paid employment with their caring

  responsibilities. Using the longitudinal Household, Income and Labour

  Dynamics in Australia Survey, the paper examines the effect of caring on

  employment, hours worked and earnings. The analysis shows that working

  age carers experience disadvantage. Carers are more likely than

  non-carers to reduce their hours of work or exit from the labour force,

  and earn lower levels of income. In planning for an ageing population,

  policies will need to address these negative effects and privatised

  costs of caring if the supply of informal care is to be sustained in the

  future.'
author: Bittman, Michael and Hill, Trish and Thomson, Cathy
author_list:
- family: Bittman
  given: Michael
- family: Hill
  given: Trish
- family: Thomson
  given: Cathy
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00053.x
eissn: 1839-4655
files: []
issn: 0157-6321
journal: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES
keywords: informal carers; employment; earnings
keywords-plus: TRANSITIONS
language: English
month: WIN
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '26'
pages: 255-272
papis_id: 8712f355bece7633638fc8758b4d9dcf
ref: Bittman2007impactcaring
times-cited: '68'
title: 'The impact of caring on informal carers'' employment, income and earnings:
  a longitudinal approach'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000247675600010
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '25'
volume: '42'
web-of-science-categories: Social Issues
year: '2007'