Crowding Out Informal Care? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Germany

Arntz M, Thomsen SL (2011)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Wiley-Blackwell

Book Volume: 73

Pages Range: 398-427

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2010.00616.x

Abstract

This article evaluates the effects of a consumer-directed home care programme (Personal Budgets) compared with the standard home care programmes of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). The evaluation makes use of a random assignment into a treatment group receiving personal budgets and a control group receiving either in-kind benefits (agency care) or cash payments. Compared with agency care, personal budgets extend the support by independent providers, but leave health outcomes unchanged. Compared with cash payments, personal budgets tend to improve health outcomes, but double LTCI spending due to a strong crowding out of informal care by formal care. © Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the Department of Economics, University of Oxford, 2010.

Involved external institutions

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg DE Germany (DE) Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Arntz, M., & Thomsen, S.L. (2011). Crowding Out Informal Care? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Germany. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 73(3), 398-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2010.00616.x

MLA:

Arntz, Melanie, and Stephan L. Thomsen. "Crowding Out Informal Care? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Germany." Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 73.3 (2011): 398-427.

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