Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/38849 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 33
Publisher: 
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Forschungszentrum Generationenverträge (FZG), Freiburg i. Br.
Abstract: 
Currently nearly half of people eligible for long-term care benefits in Germany are receiving informal care by family members. Accounting for the ongoing ageing process of society, an increasing labour participation rate of women and a rising part of old aged living alone, the question is if informal care can maintain its dominant role. Due to the doubling of persons in need of care until 2050 and low fertility rates, we project a decreasing share of informal care over the next decades. Thus, (more expensive) formal care will receive more importance leading to an increasing demand of professional nursing staff.
Subjects: 
Informelle Pflege
Formelle Pflege
Heimsog-Effekt
Demografie
JEL: 
I12
J14
J50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
484.25 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.