We first study the dynamic drivers of expenditure on long-term care (LTC) programs, and more specifically, the effects of labour market participation of traditional unpaid caregivers (women aged 40 and older) on LTC spending. Second, we examine spillover effects of a rise on LTC expenditure on...

Childcare arrangements are key in women's ability to juggle motherhood and working outside the home. As such, the study of the access to childcare and its use is of great policy relevance. We focus on a particular kind of informal childcare, the one provided by grandparents. Empirically,...

Childcare arrangements are key in women's ability to juggle motherhood and working outside the home. As such, the study of the access to childcare and its use is of great policy relevance. We focus on a particular kind of informal childcare, the one provided by grandparents. Empirically,...

Childcare arrangements are key in women's ability to juggle motherhood and working outside the home. As such, the study of the access to childcare and its use is of great policy relevance. We focus on a particular kind of informal childcare, the one provided by grandparents. Empirically,...

Die Einführung eines jeden auf dem Umlageverfahren basierenden Systems verursacht – bei unterstellter Alterung der Bevölkerung – eine intergenerative Umverteilung zu Gunsten der ersten Generationen und zu Lasten jüngerer und nachwachsender Generationen. Am Beispiel der Einführung der...

Jegliche Veränderungen im Inanspruchnahmeverhalten bei der Wahl der Art der Pflege von einer günstigeren hin zu einer teureren Versorgungsform gehen mit Auswirkungen auf die zukünftige Ausgabenentwicklung der gesetzlichen Pflegeversicherung einher. Dabei ist ein verändertes...

Seit ihrer Einführung ist die Leistungsvergütung der Pflegeversicherung in ihrer Höhe unverändert geblieben. Orientiert an der allgemeinen Preisentwicklung bedeutet dies eine reale Abwertung des Versicherungswertes. Im Rahmen dieses Beitrags soll anhand von Daten aus der Hilfe zur Pflege -...

Presuming an ageing population, every introduction of a pay-as-you-go scheme causes intergenerational redistribution in favor of the first generations and to the burden of young and future generations. Using the concept of internal rates of return we want to examine the extent to which the first...

Presuming an ageing population, every introduction of a pay-as-you-go scheme causes intergenerational redistribution in favor of the first generations and to the burden of young and future generations. Using the concept of internal rates of return we want to examine the extent to which the first...