Private, Social and Self-Insurance for Long-Term Care in the Presence of Family Help - A Political Economy Analysis

34 Pages Posted: 21 Aug 2013

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Philippe De Donder

University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Pierre Pestieau

University of Liège - Research Center on Public and Population Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

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Date Written: July 31, 2013

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.

Keywords: long-term care, social insurance, familism, crowding out, weak and strong prospects of family help, voting

JEL Classification: D720, I130, J140

Suggested Citation

De Donder, Philippe and Pestieau, Pierre, Private, Social and Self-Insurance for Long-Term Care in the Presence of Family Help - A Political Economy Analysis (July 31, 2013). CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4352, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2313560 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2313560

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