title: The Effectiveness of Paid Services in Supporting Unpaid Carers' Employment in England.
abstract: This paper explores the effectiveness of paid services in supporting unpaid carers' employment in England. There is currently a new emphasis in England on 'replacement care', or paid services for the cared-for person, as a means of supporting working carers. The international evidence on the effectiveness of paid services as a means of supporting carers' employment is inconclusive and does not relate specifically to England. The study reported here explores this issue using the 2009/10Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England. The study finds a positive association between carers' employment and receipt of paid services by the cared-for person, controlling for covariates. It therefore gives support to the hypothesis that services for the cared-for person are effective in supporting carers' employment. Use of home care and a personal assistant are associated on their own with the employment of both men and women carers, while use of day care and meals-on-wheels are associated specifically with women's employment. Use of short-term breaks are associated with carers' employment when combined with other services. The paper supports the emphasis in English social policy on paid services as a means of supporting working carers, but questions the use of the term 'replacement care' and the emphasis on 'the market'.
authors.affiliation: Personal Social Services Research Unit , London School of Economics and Political Science email: L.M.Pickard@lse.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pickard
authors.affiliation: Personal Social Services Research Unit , London School of Economics and Political Science email: D.King@lse.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: Personal Social Services Research Unit , London School of Economics and Political Science email: N.S.Brimblecombe@lse.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brimblecombe
authors.affiliation: Personal Social Services Research Unit , London School of Economics and Political Science email: M.Knapp@lse.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knapp