Zum Jahresbeginn 2017 wurde mit der zweiten und dritten Stufe des Pflegestärkungsgesetzes nach langjähriger Diskussion die bisher umfassendste Reform der sozialen Pflegeversicherung umgesetzt. Stefan Greß und Klaus Stegmüller, Hochschule Fulda, sehen in der Neufassung des...

The elderly are the main beneficiaries of recent gains in life expectancy in the EU. Whether the additional life time is spent in good or in poor health will drastically influence the development of health care costs as morbidity status rather than age per se determines an individual’s need...

Increasing long-term care demand raises the need of high quality care in nursing homes. This study analyses whether higher prices have a causal effect on quality of care in Swiss nursing homes and assesses the extent of cross-subsidization between different price components. We use...

Using multiple waves of Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) linked with the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB), as well as the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)/ International Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO) Armed Conflict Dataset, we examine the effect...

Over the years, life expectancy has increased significantly in the EU. Whether the additional life time is spent in good or in poor health will drastically influence the development of health care costs as morbidity status rather than age per se determines an individual's need for health...

Informal caregivers provide valuable services to elderly persons with long-term care needs, but the consequences of caregiving on caregivers are not yet fully understood. This paper illustrates the interrelation between caregiving and caregivers' labour force participation, cognitive ability,...

Unter Jugendlichen in Deutschland geht fast jeder achte Todesfall auf Selbsttötung zurück. Die Gründe für diesen Schritt dürften sehr unterschiedlich sein. Wie eine aktuelle RWI-Studie zeigt, scheint die Schule dabei jedoch zum Teil eine Rolle zu spielen: Die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer...

Due to medical and technological progress, life expectancy has increased significantly over the past decade. A large share of this increase occurs for people over the age of 50. However, the rate of illness in the population is simultaneously increasing because the average number of people...