Why Should We Care about Care? : The Role of Childcare and Eldercare in Serbia
Despite a slight increase in female labor participation between 2012 and 2013, employment rates in Serbia stood at 40.1 percent for women in 2013, almost 15 percentage points below employment rates for men (at 54.9 percent). International evidence...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/540831521451295861/Why-should-we-care-about-care-the-role-of-childcare-and-eldercare-in-Serbia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29547 |
| Summary: | Despite a slight increase in female
labor participation between 2012 and 2013, employment rates
in Serbia stood at 40.1 percent for women in 2013, almost 15
percentage points below employment rates for men (at 54.9
percent). International evidence shows that support for
childcare and eldercare affects women’s labor market
participation. This note examines the care needs of families
with children and or elderly household members and the
provision of formal care services in Serbia with an emphasis
on the availability, price, and quality characteristics.
Based on the analysis of an independent mixed-methods
dataset collected in the Western Balkans region, this note
documents the perceptions and barriers in the use of quality
formal care in Serbia. Quality provision of formal eldercare
can potentially improve health outcomes for the elderly
through prevention, early detection, and consistent
maintenance of chronic diseases, which may imply long-term
cost savings in the healthcare sector. |
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