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References for How to support adult caregivers?
Further reading
- Costa-Font, J., Jiménez-Martín, S., Vilaplana-Prieto, C. "Do public caregiving subsidies and supports affect the provision of care and transfers?"Journal of Health Economics(2022).
- Costa-Font, J., Vilaplana-Prieto, C. "'Investing’ in care for old age? An examination of long-term care expenditure dynamics and its spillovers"Empirical Economics64 (2023): 1–30.
Key references
- Van Houtven, C. H., Norton, E. C. "Informal care and health care use of older adults"Journal of Health Economics23:6 (2004): 1159–1180.
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- Bonsang, E. "Does informal care from children to their elderly parents substitute for formal care in Europe?"Journal of Health Economics28:1 (2009): 143–154.
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- Costa-Font, J., Vilaplana-Prieto, C. "Mental health effects of caregivers respite: Subsidies or supports?"The Journal of the Economics of Ageing(2022).
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- Costa-Font, J., D’Amico, F., Vilaplana-Prieto, C. "Caring for carers? The effect of public subsidies on the wellbeing of unpaid carers"American Journal of Health Economics(Forthcoming).
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- European CommissionLong-term Care in the EU. Brussels: European Commission, 2021.
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- Arno, P. S., Levine, C., Memmott, M. M. "The economic value of informal caregiving"Health Affairs18:2 (1999): 182–188.
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- Van Houtven, C. H., Coe, N. B., Skira, M. M. "The effect of informal care on work and wages"Journal of Health Economics32:1 (2013): 240–252.
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- Carmichael, F., Charles, S. "The opportunity costs of informal care: Does gender matter?"Journal of Health Economics22:5 (2003): 781–803.
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- Leigh, A. "Informal care and labor market participation"Labour Economics17:1 (2010): 140–149.
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- Ciccarelli, N., Van Soest, A. "Informal caregiving, employment status and work hours of the 50+ population in Europe"De Economist166:3 (2018): 363–396.
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- Costa-Font, J., Karlsson, M., Øien, H. "Careful in the crisis? Determinants of older people's informal care receipt in crisis-struck European countries"Health Economics25:S2 (2016): 25–42.
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- Kerr, N. "Family caregivers spend more than $7,200 a year on out-of-pocket costs"AARP Research(2021).
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- Costa-Font, J., Vilaplana-Prieto, C. "Does the expansion of public long-term care funding affect saving behaviour?"Fiscal Studies38:3 (2017): 417–443.
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- Van Houtven, C. H., Norton, E. C. "Informal care and health care use of older adults"Journal of Health Economics23:6 (2004): 1159–1180.
Additional References
- Arntz, M., Thomsen, S. L. "Crowding out informal care? Evidence from a field experiment in Germany"Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics73:3 (2011): 398–427.
- Braga, B., Butrica, B. A., Mudrazija, S., Peters, H. E.Impacts of State Paid Family Leave Policies for Older Workers with Spouses or Parents in Poor HealthIZA Discussion Paper No.15007, 2022.
- Rodrigues, R., Nies, H. "Making sense of differences—The mixed economy of funding and delivering long-term care" In: Leichsenring, K., Billings, J., Nies, H. (eds).Long-Term Care in Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.