This chapter summarizes the recent economic literature on health and long-term care as it relates to population aging. The profound demographic changes taking place in developed countries will require changes in how societies provide and pay for long-term care. Both the supply side and the...

This research note focuses on the labour supply decision in Sri Lanka of parents with the presence of pre-school children. For this study, 200 households with at least one pre-school child were surveyed. Women’s non-market time does not depend on their husband’s wage; but both...