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Working less to take care of parents? : labor market effects of family long-term care in Latin America

Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, María Laura; Ibarrarán, Pablo; … - 2020

We use data from time-use surveys and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to analyze the relationship between the … for gender equality. Also, in a region that is aging faster than any other in the world, social trends (e.g., smaller …

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The impact of aging on future healthcare expenditure

Steinmann, Lukas (contributor); Telser, Harry (contributor); … - 2006 - Revised version

The impact of aging on healthcare expenditure (HCE) has been at the center of a prolonged debate. This paper purports … time-to-death is an endogenous determinant of HCE. Third, it investigates the contribution of population aging to the … not the cost of dying is accounted for, thus qualifying the "red herring" hypothesis. -- Health econometrics ; Aging …

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Matching, wage rigidities and efficient severance pay

Fella, Giulio - 2012

This paper studies the effect of mandated severance pay in a matching model featuring wage rigidity for ongoing, but …

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Long-term care in Latin America and the Caribbean? : theory and policy considerations

Bloeck, Martín Caruso; Galiani, Sebastián; … - 2017

a rapidly aging one, especially since the region’s aging cohorts are more prone to experience a decline in their …

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Simulaciones del costo de un sistema de apoyo para los adultos mayores en situación de dependencia en México

González-González, César Alfredo; Stampini, Marco; … - 2019

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Are long hospitalizations substituting primary and long-term care? : evidence from Brazil and Mexico

Aranco, Natalia; Bauhoff, Sebastian; Schwarz, Natalie; … - 2024

Prolonged hospital stays, or hospital stays that are longer than medically necessary, are a major concern for patients, payers, and providers. We conceptualize and empirically estimate the prevalence and cost of prolonged stays among elderly hospital patients (65 years and older) in Brazil and...

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The labor market effects of disability benefits loss

Bíró, Anikó; Hornok, Cecília; Krekó, Judit; Prinz, … - 2023

increase employability. …

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How should unemployment insurance vary over the business cycle?

Birinci, Serdar; See, Kurt - 2019

We study optimal unemployment insurance (UI) over the business cycle using a heterogeneous agent job search model with aggregate risk and incomplete markets. We validate the model-implied micro and macro labor market elasticities to changes in UI generosity against existing estimates, and...

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The effect of increasing the state pension age to 66 on labour market activity

Cribb, Jonathan; Emmerson, Carl; O'Brien, Laurence - 2022

We study the effect of an increase in the UK state pension age from 65 to 66, a high level internationally, on labour market activity. Despite there being limited financial incentives to retire at the state pension age, we find large effects: the employment rate of 65-year-olds increased by 7.4...

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Actuarial neutrality and financial incentives for early retirement in the Austrian pension system

Christl, Michael; Kucsera, Dénes - 2016

This paper studies actuarial neutrality in the Austrian pension system. It is often argued that actuarial neutrality constitutes an incentive for people to retire. We show that there are almost no financial incentives within the Austrian pension corridor when we use the traditional definition of...

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