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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012298761
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Long-run consequences of informal elderly care and implications of public long-term care insurance
Korfhage, Thorben; Fischer, Björn - 2023
We estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal care supply, incorporating labor market frictions and the German tax and benefit system. We find that in the absence of Germany's public long-term insurance scheme, informal elderly care has adverse and persistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014330997
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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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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154399
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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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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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The effect of increasing the state pension age to 66 on labour market activity
Cribb, Jonathan; Emmerson, Carl; O’Brien, Laurence - 2022
We study the effect of an increase in the UK state pension age from 65 to 66, a high level internationally, on labour market activity. Despite there being limited financial incentives to retire at the state pension age, we find large effects: the employment rate of 65-year-olds increased by 7.4...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822196
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Actuarial neutrality and financial incentives for early retirement in the Austrian pension system
Christl, Michael; Kucsera, Dénes - 2016
This paper studies actuarial neutrality in the Austrian pension system. It is often argued that actuarial neutrality constitutes an incentive for people to retire. We show that there are almost no financial incentives within the Austrian pension corridor when we use the traditional definition of...
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Impact of retirement and re-employment on the life satisfaction of older adults in Korea
Kwak, Do Won; Lee, Jong-Wha - 2024
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