Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/79654 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4352
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the political determination of the level of social long-term care insurance when voters also choose private insurance and saving amounts. Agents differ in income, probability of becoming dependent and of receiving family help. Social insurance redistributes across income and risk levels, while private insurance is actuarially fair. The income-to-risk ratio of agents determines whether they prefer social or private insurance. Family support crowds out the demand for both social and, especially, private insurance, as strong prospects of family help drive the demand for private insurance to zero. The availability of private insurance decreases the demand for social insurance but need not decrease its majority chosen level.
Subjects: 
long-term care
social insurance
familism
crowding out
weak and strong prospects of family help
voting
JEL: 
D72
I13
J14
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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