Formal and Informal Care for Elders~: Substitutability or Complementarity?

Aides formelles et informelles pour les séniors: substituabilité ou complémentarité ?

Pascal Favard, Liliane Bonnal and Thomas Maurice
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Thomas Maurice: LéP [Poitiers] - Laboratoire d'économie de Poitiers - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers

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Abstract: From the data of the 8th wave of the SHARE (Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement) survey, we investigate the use of home care by elderly individuals in Europe. These aids could be utilized by an elderly person because they are unable to perform certain household or personal tasks. We simultaneously estimate the probabilities of receiving formal and informal assistance and the number of hours of formal assistance received, taking into account the reciprocal interactions between these forms of help. We show that the relationship is significantly negative, but it is not sufficient to conclude that formal care is a substitute for informal care since these aids represent an aggregation of heterogeneous services. We conduct a differentiated study based on whether the assistance is domestic or personal. By considering more homogeneous services, the substitutability is strongly established.

Keywords: JEL Classification : C35 I1 J14 aide formelle; aide informelle; aide domestique; aide personnelle; état de santé; séniors Formal care; Informal care; Domestic care; Personal care; Health; Elders; JEL Classification : C35; I1; J14 aide formelle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-01-26
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