Will you still want me tomorrow? The dynamics of families' long-term care arrangements

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We estimate dynamic models of elder-care arrangements using data from the Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Survey. We model the use of institutional care, formal home health care, care provided by a child, and care provided by a spouse in the selection of each care arrangement, the primary arrangement, and hours in each arrangement. Our results indicate that both observed heterogeneity and true state dependence play roles in the persistence of care arrangements. We find that positive state dependence (i.e., inertia) dominates caregiver burnout, and that formal care decisions depend on the cost and quality of care.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 88

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Model Construction and Estimation ; Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis ; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
• Subject: Dynamic Models ; Long-Term Care ; Home Health Care ; Informal Care ; Heim ; Familienpflege ; Vergleich ; Burnout ; Familie ; Dienstleistungsqualität ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Sovinsky Goeree, Michelle ; Hiedemann, Bridget ; Stern, Steven
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Zurich, Department of Economics
• (where): Zurich
• (when): 2012

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.5167/uzh-64074
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/77513
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET