The dynamics of social care and employment in mid-life

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• dc.contributor.author Gómez-León, Madelín
• dc.contributor.author Evandrou, Maria
• dc.contributor.author Falkingham, Jane
• dc.contributor.author Vlachantoni, Athina
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-05-17T05:59:39Z
• dc.date.available 2023-05-17T05:59:39Z
• dc.date.issued 2019
• dc.description.abstract This study investigates the relationship between the provision of informal care to older parents/parents-in-law and the employment status of adult children in mid-life. The study analyses unique panel data for a cohort of individuals born in 1958 in Britain, focusing on respondents at risk of providing care (i.e. with at least one surviving parent/parent-in-law) and in employment at 50. Logistic regression is used to investigate the impact of caring at 50 and 55 on employment status at 55, controlling for socio-demographic characteristics, the respondent's health status and their partner's employment status. Separate models examine (a) the likelihood of exiting the labour force versus continuing work, and (b) amongst those continuing in work, the likelihood of reducing hours of employment. Different types of care (personal, basic and instrumental support) are distinguished, along with hours of caring. The results highlight that providing care for more personal tasks, and for a higher number of hours, are associated with exiting employment for both men and women carers. In contrast, the negative impact of more intense care-giving on reducing working hours was significant only for men – suggesting that women may juggle intensive care commitments alongside work or leave work altogether. Facilitating women and men to combine paid work and parental care in mid-life will be increasingly important in the context of rising longevity.
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• dc.identifier.citation Gomez-Leon M, Evandrou M, Falkingham J, Vlachantoni A. The dynamics of social care and employment in mid-life. Ageing Soc. 2019;39(2):381-408. DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x17000964
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x17000964
• dc.identifier.issn 0144-686X
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56855
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Ageing & Society. 2019;39(2):381-408.
• dc.rights This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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• dc.subject.keyword informal care
• dc.subject.keyword parental care
• dc.subject.keyword labour force participation
• dc.subject.keyword National Child Development Study
• dc.subject.keyword cohort study
• dc.title The dynamics of social care and employment in mid-life
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