Work - life imbalance: Informal care and paid employment in the UK.
In the United Kingdom, informal carers look after relatives or friends who need extra support because of age, physical or learning disability, or illness. The burden of informal care work falls on women, who often care for longer hours and durations than men. This paper considers the impact that car...
| Publicado en: | Feminist Economics Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 3 - 36 |
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