We study the effect of ageing, defined an extra year of life, on health care utilisation. We disentangle the direct effect of ageing, from other alternative explanations such as the presence of comorbidities and endogenous time to death (TTD) that are argued to absorb the effect of ageing...

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,...

We study the effect of ageing, defined an extra year of life, on health care utilisation. We disentangle the direct effect of ageing, from other alternative explanations such as the presence of comorbidities and endogenous time to death (TTD) that are argued to absorb the effect of ageing (...

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...

The growing healthcare needs of baby boomers require significant increases in the number or productivity of healthcare workers. This paper explores how immigrants may fill these gaps in nursing homes. First, we show that immigrant inflows are associated with reduced wages of lower skilled nurses...

Im Bereich der häuslichen Betreuung älterer Menschen haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren verschiedene Beschäftigungsmodelle etabliert, die sich teilweise in einer rechtlichen Grauzone bewegen. Dies bietet Raum für Ausbeutung und betrifft häufig osteuropäische Frauen, die ganz überwiegend...

El trabajo doméstico remunerado ha sido tradicionalmente en América Latina una importante fuente de ocupación para las mujeres, principalmente para aquellas provenientes de hogares pobres, indígenas y afrodescendientes y de sectores rurales, en un entrecruzamiento de desigualdades de...

In this paper, I estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal care supply, incorporating labor market frictions and the German tax and benefit system. I find that informal elderly care has adverse and persistent effects on labor market outcomes and therefore...

We study the interplay between tenure decisions, stock market investment and the public social security system. Housing equity not only serves a dual purpose as a consumption good and as an asset, but also provides insurance to buffer various risks in retirement. Our life cycle model captures...

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...

In this paper, I estimate a dynamic structural model of labor supply, retirement, and informal care supply, incorporating labor market frictions and the German tax and benefit system. I find that informal elderly care has adverse and persistent effects on labor market outcomes and therefore...

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...

This paper analyzes the impact of a reduction in women's labor supply through retirement on their informal care provision. Using SOEP data from the years 2001- 2016 the analysis addresses fundamental endogeneity problems by applying a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. We exploit early...

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...

We investigate the impact of exogenous local conditions which favour high market concentration on supply, price and quality in local markets for care homes for older people in England. We extend the existing literature in: (i) considering supply capacity as a market outcome alongside price and...

* Digitalisierung kommt in kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen (KMU) schleppend voran. Es fehlt eine unternehmerische Digitalisierungsstrategie. Vielmehr dominieren Einzellösungen in betrieblichen Teilbereichen. * Der Begriff "Digitalisierung" ist insbesondere für Kleinunternehmen...

Projections show sharp increases in public spending on long-term care services across Europe. However, a purely cost based focus on long-term care services is economically misleading. Private and public expenditure on long-term care services directly and indirectly generate income in the form of...

This paper investigates the consequences that patients face when their regular primary care provider closes down her practice, typically due to retirement. We estimate the causal impact of closures on patients' utilization patterns, medical expenditures, hospitalizations, and health plan choice....

In this paper we take a fresh look at the magnitude of the trade-off between caring informally for a parent and paid work. We adopt a simultaneous approach with a primary focus on how hours of care are influenced by hours of work rather than the other way round. We also investigate the role that...

We study a reform by which a standardized model of choice and competition was introduced in tax-financed home care in a majority of Swedish municipalities. The market for home care is of particular interest since it is close to the ideal quasi-market. For identification, we exploit the different...

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...