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Trade-off between formal and informal care in Spain

Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; Prieto, Cristina Vilaplana - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2008

The remarkable growth of older population has moved long term care to the front ranks of the social policy agenda. Understanding the factors that determine the type and amount of formal care is important for predicting use in the future and developing long-term policy. In this context we jointly...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248473

Disability, capacity for work and the business cycle: An international perspective

Silva, Hugo Benítez; Disney, Richard; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2009

‘health disability’ which arises from clear diagnosed medical conditions. Although there is a link between work and health … unemployment rates, inclusion of self?reported health measures does not eliminate the statistical relationship between unemployment … rates and disability benefit receipt; indeed including general measures of health often strengthens that underlying …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015553

The drift of public spending towards the elderly: A generational analysis of the trend of public policies in Spain

López, Guillem; Mosterin, Ana - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2007

The tendency for public welfare spending to be increasingly aimed at the elderly has been pointed out for the US and other developed countries. While population ageing is a common trend, it is not obvious why the shift in spending exceeds the trend in ageing, or why per capita spending on the...

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Parental altruism under imperfect information: Theory and evidence

Villanueva, Ernesto - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2001

Can we reconcile the predictions of the altruism model of the family with the evidence on parental monetary transfers in the US? This paper provides a new assessment of this question. I expand the altruism model by introducing effort of the child and by relaxing the assumption of perfect...

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Assessing the wellbeing of the Spanish elderly

Boldrin, Michele; Jiménez-Martín, Sergi - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006

In this paper we use a variety of data sources, both micro and macro, time series, cross section, and panel data to provide an empirical evaluation of the current level of economic wellbeing of the Spanish elderly, and of its determinants. We focus, in particular on the role played by the...

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Informal care and labour force participation among middle-aged women in Spain

Casado, David; Gómez, Pilar García; López, Ángel - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2007

Informal care is today the form of support most commonly used by those who need other people in order to carry out certain activities that are considered basic (eating, dressing, taking a shower, etc.), in Spain and in most other countries in the region. The possible labour opportunity costs...

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Social spending and demographics: The role of public policies in the intergenerational redistribution of income. Empirical evidence from Spain and Catalonia

López, Guillem; Mosterin, Ana - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006

The demographic shift underway in Southern Europe requires a revision of some of the fundamental principles of the traditional welfare state. We analyze the evolution of several aspects of welfare and social expenditure over the last two decades. We find that in the context of the present...

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Parental altruism under imperfect information: Theory and evidence

Villanueva, Ernesto - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2002

Can we reconcile the predictions of the altruism model of the family with the evidence on intervivos transfers in the US? This paper expands the altruism model by introducing e ?ort of the child and by relaxing the assumption of perfect information of the parent about the labor market...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772520

The effects of employment uncertainty and wealth shocks on the labor supply and claiming behavior of older American workers

Benítez-Silva, Hugo; García-Pérez, J. Ignacio; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2011

retirement and claiming decisions in terms of the employment, wage, health, and mortality uncertainty faced by individuals. Our …

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Retirement incentives, individual heterogeneity and labour transitions of employed and unemployed workers

García-Pérez, J. Ignacio; Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2010

In this paper we analyze the sensitivity of the labour market decisions of workers close to retirement with respect to the incentives created by public regulations. We improve upon the extensive prior literature on the effect of pension incentives on retirement in two ways. First, by modeling...

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