Understanding the relation between different types of long-term care and the determinants of individual choice of long-term care types is fundamental for efficient policy making in times of ageing societies. However, empirical research on this issue has revealed both national and methodological...

Migrants are among the groups most vulnerable to economic fluctuations. As predicted by the 'welfare magnet' hypothesis, migrants can therefore be expected to--ceteris paribus--prefer countries with more generous welfare provisions to insure themselves against labor market risks. This paper...

We use individual level data covering 30 mostly post-communist and developing countries which account for over a fifth of the worldwide immigrant stock to assess the impact of risk aversion on the willingness to migrate. Consistent with theories of individual level migration decisions, risk...

Auf Basis innovativer Modelle und detaillierter Gesundheitsdaten untersucht diese Studie - erstmals für Österreich - Zusammenhänge zwischen den bezogenen Gesundheitsleistungen von älteren Personen und dem Pflegegeldsystem. Der erstmalige Pflegegeldbezug lässt sich relativ gut...