Cremer, Helmuth and Pestieau, Pierre (2014) Means-tested long term care and family transfers. TSE Working Paper, n. 14-492, Toulouse

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Abstract

One of the pervasive problems with means-tested public long term care (LTC) programs is their inability to prevent individuals who could afford private long term services from taking advantage of public care. They often manage to elude the means-test net through "strategic impoverishment". We show in a simple model how this problem comes about, how it affects welfare and how it can be mitigated.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Language: English
Date: May 2014
Place of Publication: Toulouse
Uncontrolled Keywords: Long term care, means-testing, strategic impoverishment, opting out, public insurance, altruism
JEL Classification: H2 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Institution: Université Toulouse 1 Capitole
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 09 Jul 2014 17:44
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2021 15:48
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:28219
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/15923

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