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Labour Market Decisions of Australian Families Coping with Mental and Physical Disabilities

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  • Vecchio, Nerina

    (Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Gold Coast Australia)

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This paper examines the labour market decisions of family members of individuals afflicted with a disability. The analysis, based on data collected in the Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2003, is confined to family members of working age who reside with a person of disability. The investigation segregates by disability (mental and physical), reflecting different resource requirements. The study found that the presence of a mentally disabled family member increased the value of unpaid work of others in the home and reduced their propensity to participate in the labour force. Of families afflicted with a mental disability, females were less likely to participate in the labour force compared to females in other families. Male members of families afflicted with a mental disability were likely to withdraw from the labour market when receiving a government transfer payment – possibly reflecting the limited care resources within these families.

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  • Vecchio, Nerina, 2007. "Labour Market Decisions of Australian Families Coping with Mental and Physical Disabilities," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 61-76, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:37:y:2007:i:1:p:61-76
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    Keywords

    Ageing; Disability; Disabled; Families; Family;
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    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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