title: Well-being losses due to care-giving.
abstract: This paper estimates the impact of informal caregiving on self-reported well-being. It uses a sample of 23,285 respondents of the first eleven waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA). We apply a relatively new analytical method that enables us to estimate fixed effects ordered logit to analyse subjective well-being. The econometric estimates show that providing informal care has a negative effect on subjective well-being. The empirical evidence of our paper could be helpful to inform policy makers to better understand the impact of caregiving and design the appropriate long term care policies and support services.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Economics, University of York, United Kingdom. Electronic address: bernard.vandenberg@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.affiliation: CHERE, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia; School of Economics, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Denzil G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Fiebig
authors.affiliation: CHERE, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000533:Altruism; D001315:Australia; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D017059:Models, Econometric; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cost-benefit analysis; Cost-effectiveness analysis; Happiness; Informal care; Life satisfaction; Well-being