People in Canada and the U.S. often make claims regarding whose country has a better health system. Several researchers have attempted to address this question by analysing subjective health in the two countries, thus assuming a common definition of “good” health. Using data from the Joint...

Die demografische Entwicklung in Deutschland stellt die Altenpflegewirtschaft vor ganz besondere Herausforderungen: Die Nachfrage nach Langzeitpflege und Betreuungsleistungen wächst unaufhaltsam, gleichzeitig aber gibt es finanzierungsseitige Restriktionen im Bereich der Pflegeversicherung und...

Growing long-term care (LTC) needs represent a major challenge for our ageing societies. Understanding how utilization patterns of different types of care are influenced by LTC policies or changes in the population composition such as age patterns or health can provide helpful insight on how to...

Die Lebenserwartung für ältere Jahrgänge steigt an und geht mit zunehmenden Einschränkungen bei Alltagsaktivitäten einher. - Die Altersklasse 50+ konnte in den letzten Jahren erhebliche Zuwächse in der Lebenserwartung verzeichnen. Dies ist vor allem auf den medizinisch-technischen...

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...

Many studies have shown that childhood circumstances can have long term consequences that persist until old age. To better understand the transmission of early life circumstances, this paper analyses the effects of health and financial situation during childhood on quality of life after...

Taking advantage of temporal and geographical variations in the timing of school holidays in Germany, this paper finds that school holidays cause an 19 percent (0.03 percentage points) decrease in the probability of youth suicide. This effect is constant across different types of holidays (fall,...

People in Canada and the U.S. often make claims regarding whose country has a better health system. Several researchers have attempted to address this question by analysing subjective health in the two countries, thus assuming a common definition of 'good' health. Using data from the Joint...