Carefree? : Participation and Pay Differentials for Informal Carers in Britain

Arbeitspapier

A substantial proportion of working age individuals in Britain are looking after sick, disabled, and elderly people and combine work and caring responsibilities. Using the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) for the years 1991 to 2002 this paper studies the determinants of labour market participation as well as earnings differentials for informal carers and non-carers over time. In particular, the paper decomposes participation and wage differentials for non-carers and carers and shows that carers are systematically disadvantaged. Furthermore, opportunity costs from forgone wages and wage discrimination are estimated and found to be substantial.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1273

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Labor Discrimination: General ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Particular Labor Markets: General
• Subject: decomposition ; fixed effects model ; Markov transition ; opportunity costs ; Familienpflege ; Arbeitsangebot ; Lohndifferenzierung ; Opportunitätskosten ; Schätzung ; Grossbritannien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Heitmüller, Axel ; Inglis, Kirsty
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20539
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET