Seit 2014 besteht in Österreich die Möglichkeit, zur Pflege eines/einer pflegebedürftigen nahen Angehörigen Pflegekarenz oder Pflegeteilzeit in Anspruch zu nehmen. Zwei Drittel der jährlich 1.400 NutzerInnen sind Frauen, das mittlere Alter beträgt 50 Jahre. Pflegekarenz wird verstärkt im...

Vor dem Hintergrund stark steigender Pflegekosten rückt die Finanzierung und Orga-nisation der Langzeitpflege in den Fokus der politischen Debatte. Wir vergleichen fünf Finanzierungsvarianten für die Langzeitpflege anhand der vier Kriterien soziale Gerechtigkeit, Wirtschaftlichkeit,...

Die Organisation und Finanzierung der Langzeitpflege kann als eine der wichtigsten gesellschaftlichen Aufgaben des 21. Jahrhunderts betrachtet werden. Aufgrund des rapiden Anstiegs der Anzahl der über 80‐Jährigen werden die Ausgaben für die Lang‐ zeitpflege im Verhältnis zum...

Im Zentrum dieser Veröffentlichung steht die Gesundheit der Pflegenden in der ambulanten Pflege. Es wird untersucht, welchen Einfluss die Gestaltung von Kommunikationsstrukturen der Arbeitsvor- und -nachbereitung auf das Wohlbefinden der Beschäftigten hat. Unter solchen Strukturen wird die...

This paper examines the effect of raising Long-term Care Insurance (LTCI) payments on employment and wages of workers in the long-term care (LTC) industry. Specifically, I use the change in the regional premium in 2012 as an exogenous shock to the insurance fee schedule: the change in the unit...

We study the effect of demand-side subsidies to old age care recipients on both caregiving and intergenerational transfer decisions. We exploit two quasi-natural experiments referring to the inception of a universal and unconditional caregiving allowance in 2007 and its subsequent reduction in...

This paper deals with social acceptance of applying the equity principle for intra-familial time transfers. Based on a representative survey among German citizens, the author provides empirical evidence on acceptance of financial compensation for different time transfers. Some 80% of the...

How do patient and provider incentives affect mode and cost of long-term care? Our analysis of 1 million nursing home stays yields three main insights. First, Medicaid-covered residents prolong their stays instead of transitioning to community-based care due to limited cost-sharing. Second,...

We analyze survey data on the proposal to introduce a tax exemption for caregiving heirs to the German inheritance tax. Some 80 percent of the participants support this exemption. We explain interpersonal differences in the support for this tax exemption using a wide range of personal...

We consider the financial planning problem of a retiree wishing to enter a retirement village at a future uncertain date. The date of entry is determined by the retiree’s utility and bequest maximisation problem within the context of uncertain future health states. In addition, the retiree...

This paper examines the implications of providing care to elderly parents for adult children's retirement plans using microdata from a Japanese survey. We find no significant effect of caregiving on family caregivers' planned retirement age if we do not take into account caregiving intensity but...

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...

Home equity is the primary self-funding mechanism for long term services and supports (LTSS). Using data from the relevant waves of the Health and Retirement Study (1996-2010), we exploit the exogenous variation in the form of wealth shocks resulting from the value of housing assets, to examine...

We conduct a stated-choice experiment where respondents are asked to rate various insurance products aimed to protect against financial risks associated with long-term care needs. Using exogenous variation in prices from the survey design, and objective risks computed from a dynamic...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has introduced several pay-for-performance programs in the last few years to encourage hospitals to improve quality of care and reduce costs. Some state Medicaid programs have also introduced pay-for-performance for nursing homes. Long-term care...

We analyse how the financial support for long-term elderly care affects the household's propensity to save. Using the difference-in-differences estimator, we investigate the 2002 Scottish reform, which introduced free formal personal care for all the Scottish elderly aged 65 and above. We find...