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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...
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Health of elderly parents, their children's labor supply, and the role of migrant care workers
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Paetzold, Jörg; … - 2020
We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296219
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Working less to take care of parents? : labor market effects of family long-term care in Four Latin American countries
Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, María Laura; Ibarrarán, Pablo; … - 2020
We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to Wednesday mornings. Exploiting variations in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296661
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Labour supply and informal care supply : the impacts of financial support for long-term elderly care
Hollingsworth, Bruce; Ohinata, Asako; Picchio, Matteo; … - 2017
We investigate the impact of a policy reform, which introduced free formal personal care for all those aged 65 and above, on caregiving behaviour. Using a difference-in-differences estimator, we estimate that the free formal care reduced the probability of co-residential informal caregiving by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731924
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Immigration enforcement and the institutionalization of elderly Americans
Almuhaisen, Abdulmohsen; Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; … - 2023
in the work hours of housekeepers, personal care aids, and home health workers hinting at the critical role of negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014325841
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A comparative perspective on long-term care systems
Kotschy, Rainer; Bloom, David E. - 2022
, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013184706
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Long-term care partnership effects on Medicaid and private insurance
Costa-Font, Joan; Raut, Nilesh - 2021
Can the expansion of Medicaid, a means-tested health and long-term care insurance, be slowed down by incentivising the … given rise to an average Medicaid saving of $36 for every 65-year-old. This suggests scope for LTCI arrangements to reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648168
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Long-term care in Latin America and the Caribbean? : theory and policy considerations
Bloeck, Martín Caruso; Galiani, Sebastián; … - 2017
This paper discusses theoretical and practical issues related to long-term care (LTC) services in Latin America. Demand for these services will rise as the region undergoes a swift demographic transition from its currently young population to a rapidly aging one, especially since the region's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732094
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The financial support for long-term elderly care and household savings behaviour
Ohinata, Asako; Picchio, Matteo - 2015
be flexibly estimated across age groups. We find that the Scottish policy reduced the average household saving by about … household saving by £12,764. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308491
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Overconfidence and health insurance participation among the elderly
Huang, Wei; Luo, Mi - 2015
People may have imperfect information about their health status and thus make suboptimal decisions in insurance …-economic status and poorer health are relatively less likely to realize how unhealthy they are and this overconfidence is associated … with no insurance participation. Accurate health information provided through physical examinations induces relatively …
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