Dear colleagues,

The Department of Economics cordially invites you to the WU Economic Research Seminar (Department Seminar) on Wednesday, December 13, with

Klaus Nowotny

(Universität Salzburg)

on

"Informal, formal, or both? Assessing the drivers of home care utilization in Austria"

Abstract: Understanding the relation between different types of long-term care (LTC) and the determinants of individual choice of LTC types is fundamental for efficient policy making in times of aging societies. However, empirical research on this issue has revealed both national and methodological factors as crucial for the policy conclusions drawn. The present paper is, at least to our knowledge, the first comprehensive assessment of this kind for Austria and extends the scarce literature explicitly by focusing on the combined use of informal and formal care in addition to the exclusive use of these services based on an econometric framework accounting for the interdependencies in these types of LTC. Our results provide strong evidence for a task-specific and complementary relation of formal and informal home care in Austria, with the health status and functional limitations as the main determinants of individual choice.

Place and time: Wednesday, December 13, 3.30 – 5.00 p.m., Campus WU, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, building D4, 2^nd floor, Department meeting room 2.008

With best regards,

Harald Oberhofer

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Harald Oberhofer

Institute for International Economics

WU Vienna University of Economics and Business

Phone: +43/1/31336-4984

Fax: +43/1/31336-4984

Email: harald.oberhofer@wu.ac.at

Webpage: https://www.wu.ac.at/ie/mitarbeiter/harald-oberhofer/

Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)

Phone: +43/1/7982601-468

Fax: +43/1/7989386

Email: harald.oberhofer@wifo.ac.at

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