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La población dependiente en España : estimación del número y coste global asociado a su cuidado

Albarrán Lozano, Irene; Alonso González, Pablo - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 2, pp. 127-163

This research tries to assess the dependents and Long Term Care costs for next years in Spain. To do this, it has been taken account data from the Survey on Disabilities, Impairments and Health Status and population forecasts estimated by INE, the legal rules passed between 2006 and 2008, and...

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Erfolgreich Altern : Lebensbedingungen in der Kindheit und soziale Ungleichheit haben großen Einfluss

Brandt, Martina; Deindl, Christian; Hank, Karsten - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 7, pp. 11-14

In dieser Studie wird untersucht, inwieweit die Lebensbedingungen in der Kindheit und das Ausmaß sozialer Ungleichheit die individuelle Chance beeinflussen, erfolgreich, das heißt gesund und aktiv, zu altern. Europaweite Daten, die im Rahmen der SHARELängsschnittstudie erhoben wurden,...

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Immer mehr Menschen im Rentenalter sind berufstätig

Brenke, Karl - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 6, pp. 3-12

Between 2001 and 2011, the number of retirement-aged people in Germany still in employment approximately doubled to … structure of older people was no worse than that of younger workers. The monthly household income of workers of retirement age … that drives over-65-year-olds to stay in work: even without their earnings, the vast majority of workers of retirement age …

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Subjective well-being and selected economic, demographic, and job factors in OECD countries

Marilou, Ioakimidis; Kiohos, Apostolos - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 71-81

This study compared 10 economic, demographic, and job factors between happier and less happy OECD countries based upon scores of subjective well-being (SWB), a concept commonly meaning happiness or life satisfaction. In 2009, the scores of residents in the happier OE CD countries were...

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Old age pensions and retirement in Spain

Vegas Sánchez, Raquel; Argimón, Isabel; Botella, Marta; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 4 (2013) 3, pp. 273-307

In this paper we analyze the influence that incentives play in the timing of the transition to retirement in Spain. We … incentives and other socio-economic variables on the retirement hazard of men aged between 60 and 70, using a duration model to … significant role in retirement decisions, but that, after the reform, the latter effects become less important. …

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Does competition increase economic efficiency in Swedish county councils?

Rudholm, Nikas; Nordmark, Arvid; Marklund, Per-Olov - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 77-91

The Swedish health care system is to a large extent publicly managed by 21 local county councils. During recent years there has been a movement were local county councils have opted to allow more of the production to be performed by alternative producers (i.e. private firms, cooperatives etc.)....

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El estado de salud de los uruguayos

Rossi, Ianina; Tellechea, Fernanda; Tramontin, Fiorella; … - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 1, pp. 73-96

In this paper we analyze the links between health status (measured by selfreported illness occurrence) and individuals’ socioeconomic situation. Using the annual households surveys of Uruguay for the period 1991 to 2000, we compute probit models and find that men, unmarried, young people,...

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Felicidad y salud : una aproximación to well-being in the Rio de la Plata

Gerstenbluth, Mariana; Rossi, Máximo; Triunfo, Patricia - In: Estudios de economía 35 (2008) 1, pp. 65-78

We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health...

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Das deutsche Pflegesystem ist im EU-Vergleich unterdurchschnittlich finanziert

Schulz, Erika - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 13, pp. 10-16

In Europa steigt die Zahl der Hochbetagten drastisch an. Viele von ihnen sind längerfristig in den Aktivitäten des täglichen Lebens eingeschränkt und auf Pflege durch Familienangehörige oder professionelle Dienste angewiesen. Wie wird die Pflege in Europa organisiert und finanziert? In...

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Pflegemarkt : drohendem Arbeitskräftemangel kann entgegengewirkt werden

Schulz, Erika - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 51/52, pp. 3-17

Die demographisch bedingte Zunahme alter und sehr alter Personen, verbunden mit der deutlichen Verringerung der Personen im erwerbsfähigen Alter, stellt für den Bereich der Pflege eine große Herausforderung dar. Ein Großteil der Pflegebedürftigen wird zwar heute durch Familienangehörige zu...

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