Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
February 22, 2024
Summary:
In this study, we examine the relationship between formal care provision and informal care receipt from within the household for people over 75 years old using data from the British Household Panel Survey between 1991 and 2009. To address potential concerns about endogeneity of formal care we use a ‘spatial lag’ instrumental variable. We find a negative and statistically significant effect of formal care provision on informal care receipt from within the household, suggesting a substantial degree of substitutability between these two modes of care. These findings provide grounds for estimates of savings in the cost of informal care enabled by spending on formal care, which is important in light of the effects of the caregiving burden and associated responsibilities on carer’s labour market participation.
Published in
PLoS ONE
Volume
Volume: 19
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297157
ISSN
19326203
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Open Access
© 2024 Saloniki et al.
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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