Informal care and labor market participation
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☆ This paper uses confidentialized unit record file dat and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. The H is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Families and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) and is managed by the Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). The findings an however, are those of the author and should not be attri MIAESR. Since the data used in this paper are confidenti other researchers. Instructions on how to order the melbourneinstitute.com/hilda/data.html. The Stata do-fi results is available from the author upon request. Varganova provided outstanding research assistance. I a Abraham, two anonymous referees, Susan Lindsay, FaHC in-house FaHCSIA seminar for comments on an earlier d ⁎ Tel.: +61 2 6125 1374; fax: +61 2 6125 0182. E-mail address: [email protected]. URL: http://andrewleigh.org.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009