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dc.contributor.authorAusten, Siobhan
dc.contributor.authorJefferson, Therese
dc.contributor.authorLewin, Gill
dc.contributor.authorOng, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorSharp, R.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:26:12Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:26:12Z
dc.date.created2015-08-23T20:00:39Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationAusten, S. and Jefferson, T. and Lewin, G. and Ong, R. and Sharp, R. 2015. Care roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance: Journal of Industrial Relations: 57 (5): pp. 665-685.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2806
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0022185615590906
dc.description.abstract

This article uses data from a panel of Australian mature-age women to examine the effects of care roles on workers’ intentions to leave their jobs. We focus on how the employment effects of care roles can be shaped by the economic circumstances of the worker. We find that caring for an ill, frail or disabled family member has significantly lower effects on the turnover intentions of mature-age women with ‘poor’ (as compared to favourable) economic circumstances. We interpret this pattern as reflecting the financial costs associated with the provisioning of these types of family care needs.

dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.subjectwork and family
dc.subjectLabour economics
dc.subjectwomen and work
dc.subjectsocial conditions
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.titleCare roles and employment decision-making: The effect of economic circumstance
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage21
dcterms.source.issn0022-1856
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Industrial Relations
curtin.departmentSchool of Economics and Finance
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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