Caught between two stools? Informal care provision and employment among welfare recipients in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11201044 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katrin Hohmeyer (0000-0001-9256-7845, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung, corresponding author), Eva Kopf (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 162-187 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x18000806 |
| OpenAlex | W2887785405 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 42 |
In many countries, population ageing is challenging the viability of the welfare state and generating higher demands for long-term care. At the same time, increasing participation in the labour force is essential to ensuring the sustainability of the welfare state. To address the latter issue, affected countries have adopted measures to increase employment; e.g. welfare recipients in Germany are required to be available for any type of legal work. However, 7 per cent of welfare benefit recipients in Germany provide long-term care for relatives or friends, and this care-giving may interfere with their job search efforts and decrease their employment opportunities. Our paper provides evidence of the relationship between the care responsibilities and employment chances of welfare recipients in Germany. Our analyses are based on survey data obtained from the panel study ‘Labour Market and Social Security’ and on panel regression methods. The results reveal a negative relationship between intensive care-giving (ten or more hours per week) and employment for male and female welfare recipients. However, employment prospects recover when care duties end and are subsequently no longer lower for carers than for non-carers
Business · Care work · Demographic economics · Economics · Environmental health · Labour economics · Panel data · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Social security · Sustainability · Welfare · Welfare state · Work (physics) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |