Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2007-03-22
Number: 07-031/3
Author-Name: K. Bolin
Author-Workplace-Name: Lund University Centre for Health Economics, Lund, Sweden
Author-Name: B. Lindgren
Author-Workplace-Name: Lund University Centre for Health Economics, Lund, Sweden
Author-Name: P. Lundborg
Author-Email: plundborg@feweb.vu.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Lund University Centre for Health Economics, Lund, Sweden, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and NETSPAR
Title: Informal and Formal Care among Single-living Elderly in Europe
Abstract: The aims of this study were (1) to analyse whether informal care, provided by children or grandchildren to their elderly parents, and formal care are substitutes or complements, and (2) whether this relationship differs across Europe. The analyses were based on the newly developed SHARE (Survey of Health, Age, and Retirement in Europe) database. We found (1) that informal- and formal home care are substitutes, while informal care is a complement to doctor- and hospital visits, and (2) that these relationships in some cases differ according to a north-south gradient.
Classification-JEL: I11; I12; J22
File-Url: https://papers.tinbergen.nl/07031.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:tin:wpaper:20070031