Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202729 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12383
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effect of raising Long-term Care Insurance (LTCI) payments on employment and wages of workers in the long-term care (LTC) industry. Specifically, I use the change in the regional premium in 2012 as an exogenous shock to the insurance fee schedule: the change in the unit price of LTCI service ranges from a decrease of 2.8% to an increase of 4.2%. I find no increase in the number of employees in the establishments, registered under the LTCI scheme, in municipalities where the regional premium increased. The earnings and working hours of LTC workers did not increase, either.
Subjects: 
long-term care insurance
care workers
JEL: 
I11
J30
J48
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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