Do public caregiving subsidies and supports affect the provision of care and transfers?

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• dc.contributor.author Costa-Font, Joan
• dc.contributor.author Jiménez-Martín, Sergi
• dc.contributor.author Vilaplana Prieto, Cristina
• dc.date.accessioned 2025-01-08T08:45:22Z
• dc.date.available 2025-01-08T08:45:22Z
• dc.date.issued 2022
• dc.description Includes supplementary materials for the online appendix.
• dc.description.abstract We study whether caregiving and intergenerational transfer decisions are sensitive to changes in economic incentives following the inception of a new unconditional and universal system of allowances and supports, after the introduction of the 2006 Promotion of Personal Autonomy and Care for Dependent Persons Act (SAAD in Spanish), and the ensuing effects of its austerity cuts after 2012. We find that whilst the introduction of a caregiving allowance (of a maximum value of €530 in 2011) increased the supply of informal caregiving by 20-22 percentual points (pp), the inception of a companion system of publicly subsidised homecare supports did not modify the supply of care. Consistent with an exchange motive for intergenerational transfers, we estimate an average 17 pp (8.2-8.7pp) increase (decrease) in downstream (upstream) transfers among those receiving caregiving allowances. Our estimates resulting from the reduction in the allowances and supports after the austerity cuts in 2012 are consistent with our main estimates, and suggest stronguer effects among lower-income families.
• dc.description.sponsorship We also thank Spain's Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICINN) and the ERDF for financial support: PID2020-114231RB-I00 and RTI2018-095256-BI00. Sergi Jimenez also acknowledges financial support from Spain's National Research Agency (AEI), through the Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D (Barcelona School of Economics CEX2019-000915-S).
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• dc.identifier.citation Costa-Font J, Jiménez-Martín S, Vilaplana-Prieto C. Do public caregiving subsidies and supports affect the provision of care and transfers? J Health Econ. 2022 Jul;84:102639. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102639
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102639
• dc.identifier.issn 0167-6296
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/69003
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Health Economics. 2022 Jul;84:102639
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-114231RB-I00
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/RTI2018-095256-B-I00
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CEX2019-000915-S
• dc.rights © Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102639
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• dc.subject.keyword Caregiving
• dc.subject.keyword Intergenerational transfers
• dc.subject.keyword Unconditional transfer
• dc.subject.keyword Long-term care
• dc.subject.keyword Family transfers
• dc.subject.keyword Exchange motivation
• dc.subject.keyword Allowances
• dc.subject.keyword Spain
• dc.subject.keyword Exchange motives
• dc.title Do public caregiving subsidies and supports affect the provision of care and transfers?
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