Time to care? The effects of retirement on informal care provision
Time to care? The effects of retirement on informal care provision
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102350
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发表时间：
2020-09-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Mueller, Kai-Uwe
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作者：
Fischer, Bjoern;Mueller, Kai-Uwe
本文分析了女性退休对其非正规养老服务的影响。使用SOEP数据，我们通过两种互补的方式利用德国养老金制度的差异来解决根本的内生性问题。我们发现，当使用提前退休年龄阈值作为工具时，退休对非正式护理服务的提供有显著影响。异质性分析证实了潜在的行为机制，即劳动力供应和非正式护理之间的时间冲突。我们进一步研究了德国女性提前退休年龄的大幅提高，发现受影响的女性提供的非重症护理较少。高强度护理不会受到影响，这会导致双重负担，并可能对照顾者的健康产生负面影响。利用政策改革，我们发现了支持正式护理不能取代非正式护理的观点的证据。这意味着得到的整体护理较少，这可能会损害接受护理的人的健康。(C)2020作者。爱思唯尔出版公司(Elsevier B.V.)
This paper analyzes the impact of women's retirement on their informal care provision. Using SOEP data, we address fundamental endogeneity problems by exploiting variation in the German pension system in two complementary ways. We find a significant effect of retirement on informal care provision, when using early retirement age thresholds as instruments. Heterogeneity analyses confirm the underlying behavioral mechanism, a time conflict between labor supply and informal care. We further exploit a sizable increase in the early retirement age for German women and find that affected women provide less non-intensive care. High intensity care is not impacted, which leads to a double burden and potentially negative health effects for caregivers. Exploiting the policy reform, we find evidence supporting the notion that formal care is no substitute for informal care. This implies that less overall care is received, which can be damaging to the health of the recipients of care. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.