The economics of care of the elderly
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The economics of care of the elderly
Avebury, c1991
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text comprises conference papers underlining the contribution of economic analysis to several policy problems in the care of the elderly. It includes contributions from macro-level, micro-level and institutional level providing perspectives on social care and the welfare state.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The ageing population and the organization of the welfare state - macro economic analysis: social protection of the ageing population - discussion on the level of the welfare state, Herman Devos
- demography, democracy and distribution, Robert K. von Weizsacker. Part 2 Significance of the informal care of the elderly: social care versus care by the community - economics of the informal sector, Ken Wright
- care for the elderly in Britain - state services, informal care and welfare benefits, Maria Evandrou. Part 3 How to meet the needs of the elderly - relevance of micro-economic analysis: the need for facilities for the aged, Peter Nijkamp and Ans Vollering
- the placement of elderly persons - a logit estimation, Eamon O'Shea
- the dynamics of living arrangements of the elderly, Axel Borsch-Supan, Laurence J. Kotlikoff and John N. Morris. Part 4 Policy formation for the elderly: services for the elderly - theoretical and empirical developments, Peter Nijkamp and Ans Vollering
- the decline of the social status? evolution of the welfare state for the elderly in Europe - the past situation and future prospects, Anne-Marie Guillemard
- living arrangements for the elderly - an international institutional comparison, Satya Brink
- different levels of decision-making in social policies for elderly and managerial implications, Eugenio Caperchione.
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