TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Mavromaras, Kostas
AU  - Isherwood, Linda
AU  - Mahuteau, Stephane
AU  - Ratcliffe, Julie
AU  - Xiao, Lily
AU  - Harrington, Ann
AU  - Wei, Zhang
        TI  -  Job Preferences of Aged Care Workers in Australia: Results from a Discrete Choice Experiment
        PY  - 2022/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 15623
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15623
        AB  - Using a Discrete Choice Experiment we estimate the relative value attached by workers on core job attributes identified by previous qualitative research on the Aged Care workforce in Australia: salary (hourly); work hours; training/skill development; staffing numbers; processes for managing work-related stress; and freedom in the job. In this mostly part- time employed workforce, the opportunity for more workhours is welcome, but relatively less important. Nurses (enrolled and more so registered, being typically better-paid and higher-qualified) value pay rises less and training opportunities more than their (typically lower-paid and lower-qualified) care worker counterparts. 
Casual/temporary workers prefer workplaces that are adequately staffed relatively more than their permanently employed counterparts. In the context of increasing demand for more and for better-quality Aged Care services, the paper's overall findings can inform the current multi-faceted debate about a sustainable way for the Aged Care sector to attract, retain and utilize its workforce.
        KW  - aged care workforce
KW  - discrete choice experiments
KW  - job attributes
KW  - job preferences
        ER  -