Well-being losses due to care-giving

作者：van den Berg Bernard^*; Fiebig Denzil G; Hall Jane

来源：Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 35: 123-131.

DOI：10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.01.008

• Informal care
• Well-being
• Happiness
• Life satisfaction
• Cost-effectiveness analysis
• Cost-benefit analysis

This paper estimates the impact of informal caregiving on self-reported well-being. It uses a sample of 23,285 respondents of the first eleven waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA). %26lt;br%26gt;We apply a relatively new analytical method that enables us to estimate fixed effects ordered logit to analyse subjective well-being. The econometric estimates show that providing informal care has a negative effect on subjective well-being. %26lt;br%26gt;The empirical evidence of our paper could be helpful to inform policy makers to better understand the impact of caregiving and design the appropriate long term care policies and support services.

• 出版日期2014-5