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Working less to take care of parents? : labor market effects of family long-term care in Latin America
Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, María Laura; Ibarrarán, Pablo; … - 2020
We use data from time-use surveys and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to analyze the relationship between the … for gender equality. Also, in a region that is aging faster than any other in the world, social trends (e.g., smaller …
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The impact of aging on future healthcare expenditure
Steinmann, Lukas (contributor); Telser, Harry (contributor);  … - 2006 - Revised version
The impact of aging on healthcare expenditure (HCE) has been at the center of a prolonged debate. This paper purports … time-to-death is an endogenous determinant of HCE. Third, it investigates the contribution of population aging to the … not the cost of dying is accounted for, thus qualifying the "red herring" hypothesis. -- Health econometrics ; Aging …
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Matching, wage rigidities and efficient severance pay
Fella, Giulio - 2012
This paper studies the effect of mandated severance pay in a matching model featuring wage rigidity for ongoing, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668414
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Rent-Sharing, Holdup, and Wages : Evidence from Matched Panel Data
Card, David - 2010
When wage contracts are relatively short-lived, rent sharing may reduce the incentives for investment since some of the returns to sunk capital are captured by workers. In this paper we use a matched worker-firm data set from the Veneto region of Italy that combines Social Security earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140998
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Simulaciones del costo de un sistema de apoyo para los adultos mayores en situación de dependencia en México
González-González, César Alfredo; Stampini, Marco; … - 2019
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Long-term care in Latin America and the Caribbean? : theory and policy considerations
Bloeck, Martín Caruso; Galiani, Sebastián; … - 2017
a rapidly aging one, especially since the region’s aging cohorts are more prone to experience a decline in their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785748
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Are long hospitalizations substituting primary and long-term care? : evidence from Brazil and Mexico
Aranco, Natalia; Bauhoff, Sebastian; Schwarz, Natalie; … - 2024
Prolonged hospital stays, or hospital stays that are longer than medically necessary, are a major concern for patients, payers, and providers. We conceptualize and empirically estimate the prevalence and cost of prolonged stays among elderly hospital patients (65 years and older) in Brazil and...
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The labor market effects of disability benefits loss
Bíró, Anikó; Hornok, Cecília; Krekó, Judit; Prinz, … - 2023
increase employability. …
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Effects of Employment Protection on Worker and Job Flows : Evidence from the 1990 Italian Reform
Kugler, Adriana D. - 2019
This paper uses the Italian Social Security employer-employee panel to study the effects of the Italian reform of 1990 on worker and job flows. We exploit the fact that this reform increased unjust dismissal costs for firms below 15 employees, while leaving dismissal costs unchanged for bigger...
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Going solo: how starting solo self-employment affects incomes and well-being
Cribb, Jonathan; Xu, Xiaowei - 2020
Using a large-scale panel data set, we trace the evolution of incomes and well-being around the entry into 'solo self-employment' - that is, running a business without employees. We find that solo self-employment is used to self-insure against employment shocks: employment rates fall and poverty...
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