OBJECTIVES

Helping dependent families or friends impacts original livings of carers, especially their paid jobs. This research investigates whether receiving external supports releases caring shocks on paid jobs of care providers.

METHODS

RESULTS

Financial subsidy simulates female, over-45-year-old and low-income carers to quit paid jobs with similar parameters around 50%. Also, financial allowance prevents work time change for over-45-year-old carers (-5.99%, p=0.03) and discourages low-income carers to hunt for a new paid job (-2.54%, p=0.05). Although professional support increases caring impacts on all aspects of employment except workplace for female and over-45-year-old carers, such strengthening effect from professional support only shows significance on rearranging work time (9.88%, p=0.01) and stopping work (9.11%, p=0.09) for low-income carers. Moreover, extra informal care motivates female carers to reduce time or to arrange flexible time for paid work, but it shows no significance on over-45-year-old and low-income carers.

CONCLUSIONS

When funded externally, female, over-45-year-old and low-income carers prefer to leave the labour market for providing care. However, professional assistance comprehensively enhances caring impacts on current employment of carers, though professional services are helpful to protect both parties involved in care. Furthermore, extra informal care has few significant links with job changes of carers.