Long-term care insurance and the family: Does the availability of potential caregivers substitute for long-term care insurance?

Eric Bonsang, Jérôme Schoenmaekers

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    Abstract

    Children and especially daughters play an important role in the supply of informal care. The availability of potential informal caregivers, i.e. the children, decreases the probability of purchasing private voluntary long-term care insurance. Future research on long-term care should focus on characteristics of potential substitutes for insurance policies (children and partner).
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAgeing in Europe-Supporting policies for an inclusive society
    PublisherDegruyter
    Pages369-379
    Number of pages0
    ISBN (Print)978-3-11-044441-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • Ageing
    • Informal care
    • Long-term care insurance

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