Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20539 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1273
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
decomposition
fixed effects model
Markov transition
opportunity costs
JEL: 
J31
J70
C23
J40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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