TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Heitmueller, Axel
        TI  - The Chicken or the Egg? Endogeneity in Labour Market Participation of Informal Carers in England
        PY  - 2004/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1366
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1366
        AB  - Informal care is a vital pillar of the British welfare state. A well-known fact in the small
economic literature on informal care is the apparent negative relation between care
responsibilities and labour market participation. Yet, caring and labour market participation
may be endogenous. Using an instrumental variable approach and data from the British
Household Panel Study for 2002 this paper shows that not accommodating for endogeneity
in the labour market participation equation may significantly underestimate the impact care
exhibits on the employment decision of informal carers. This is the more the case the smaller
the choice of becoming a carer. Policy implications are derived.
        KW  - labour market participation
KW  - endogeneity
KW  - informal care
KW  - instrumental variable approach
        ER  -