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Direct linkHayward, Lynda; Davies, Sharon; Robb, Roberta; Denton, Margaret A.; Auton, Greg – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2004
In recent years, considerable attention has been devoted to the value of unpaid work in the economy. One very important aspect of unpaid work is caregiving for chronically ill or disabled people and the question of whether or not family-and-friend caregiving eases the burden on the publicly funded system. Using data from the 1996 General Social…
Descriptors: Taxes, Foreign Countries, Spouses, Caregivers
