Ehrlich U, Minkus L, Hess M
Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen (DZA), Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 2, 12101, Berlin, Deutschland.
SOCIUM Forschungszentrum Ungleichheit und Sozialpolitik, Universität Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Deutschland.
Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2020 Feb;53(1):22-28. doi: 10.1007/s00391-019-01666-5. Epub 2019 Dec 12.
Against the background of demographic aging, the need for professional and private care will increase in the future. To contain costs many welfare states rely on the family as care provider and, in addition, people in need of care often prefer being cared for at home. Thus, the number of people who provide care privately and without pay in the home environment (referred to as family care in this article) is likely to increase. So far, however, research on the impact of family care on the labor market situation of caregivers in general and their wages in particular remains scarce.
This article examines whether and if so to what extent, family care affects the wages of women and men.
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (2001-2017), fixed effects regressions were estimated separately for women and men, while accounting for important confounders.
Both women (2.4%) and men (3%) suffer wage losses as a result of family care activities.
The results indicate that care-related wage losses, net of relevant controls, exist.
在人口老龄化的背景下，未来对专业护理和私人护理的需求将会增加。为了控制成本，许多福利国家依赖家庭作为护理提供者，此外，需要护理的人通常更喜欢在家中接受护理。因此，在家庭环境中无偿提供私人护理的人数（本文称为家庭护理）可能会增加。然而，到目前为止，关于家庭护理对一般护理人员劳动力市场状况，特别是对其工资的影响的研究仍然很少。
本文研究家庭护理是否以及在多大程度上影响男性和女性的工资。
利用德国社会经济面板（2001 - 2017年）的数据，分别对男性和女性进行固定效应回归估计，同时考虑重要的混杂因素。
由于家庭护理活动，女性（2.4%）和男性（3%）的工资都有所损失。
结果表明，扣除相关控制因素后，与护理相关的工资损失是存在的。
