Long-term Care Insurance Facilities and Interregional Migration of the Elderly in Japan

Akihiro Kawase and Katsuyoshi Nakazawa

No 200939, MAGKS Papers on Economics from Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung)

Abstract: Using municipality-level data of Japan, this paper empirically examines how the capacity of long-term care insurance facilities impacts interregional migration of the elderly. We construct net-migration data of the elderly population in each municipality by combining statistics available from existing sources. We find that interregional differences in capacity of long-term care insurance facilities generate strong magnetic effects on migration of the elderly. Our results indicate that family care is difficult and that long-term care insurance facilities are necessary for late-stage elderly in need of long-term care.

Keywords: Long-term care insurance facility; Interregional migration; Welfare magnet (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2009
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