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Gruber, Jonathan; McGarry, Kathleen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The population of the United States, as with the rest of the world, is aging rapidly, with the most rapid growth occurring among the age 85 and older population, those who rely most on long-term care. In this chapter, we review the delivery and financing of long-term care in the U.S. We show...

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Long-term Care in Denmark

Gørtz, Mette; Christensen, Bent Jesper; Gupta, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The population is aging in Denmark, as in many other countries, due to increasing life expectancy and a low total fertility rate. This potentially puts the Danish welfare state under pressure. This paper discusses the demographic and socioeconomic situation of the elderly in Denmark, focusing on...

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The Rise in Life Expectancy, Health Trends among the Elderly, and the Demand for Care - A Selected Literature Review

Lindgren, Bjorn - 2016

The objective is to review the evidence on (a) ageing and health and (b) the demand for health- and social services among the elderly. Issues are: does health status of the elderly improve over time, and how do the trends in health status of the elderly affect the demand for health- and elderly...

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A House of Her Own : Old Age Assistance and the Living Arrangements of Older Nonmarried Women

Costa, Dora L. - 1999

I show that the trend towards single households among older nonmarried women, the majority of whom were widows, has been ongoing only since 1940 and investigate the factors that fostered the rise in separate living quarters since mid-century by examining the impact of Old Age Assistance on...

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Long-term Care in Italy

Brugiavini, Agar; Carrino, Ludovico; Pasini, Giacomo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

The provision of long-term care (LTC) for senior citizens in Italy is at the center of the recent policy debate. Italy …

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Dissaving by the Elderly, Transfer Motives and Liquidity Constraints

Ando, Albert - 1993

Two explanations have been proposed for the observed slowness of wealth decumulation by the elderly in the literature: the precautionary saving induced by (uninsurable) uncertainty about the time of death or by the possibility of major catastrophes in old age that require large outlays; the...

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Widows' Time, Time Stress and Happiness : Adjusting to Loss

Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

By age 77 a plurality of women in wealthy Western societies are widows. Comparing older (aged 70+) married women to widows in the American Time Use Survey 2003-18 and linking the data to the Current Population Survey allow inferring the short- and longer-term effects of an arguably exogenous...

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The Wealth Decumulation Behavior of the Retired Elderly in Italy : The Importance of Bequest Motives and Precautionary Saving

Ventura, Luigi - 2020

In this paper, we analyze the wealth accumulation and saving behavior of the retired elderly in Italy using micro data … Bank of Italy. We find that, on average, the retired elderly in Italy are decumulating their wealth (dissaving) but that … retired elderly in Italy are continuing to accumulate wealth and that more than 80 percent are doing positive amounts of …

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Universalizing the Access to Long-term Care : Evidence from Spain

Costa-Font, Joan; Jiménez-Martín, Sergi; Vilaplana … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Spain together with Scotland are two countries that exhibit the largest expansions in long term care (LTC) in the last two decades, universalizing subsidies and supports. This paper is part of a global effort to provide a snapshot of the trends in LTC use and access, as well as the financing,...

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Long-term Care in Japan

Fu, Rong; Iizuka, Toshiaki; Noguchi, Haruko - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Japan, renowned for its significantly aged population, presents a distinctive landscape in elderly care. Notably, there exists no apparent correlation between the economic well-being of the elderly and the limitations they experience in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental...

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