Making gerontocracy work: Population aging and the generosity of public long-term care

Lina Maria Ellegård

doi:10.1093/aepp/pps023

Making gerontocracy work: Population aging and the generosity of public long-term care

Lina Maria Ellegård

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This paper examines how the aging population affects the generosity of public long-term care (LTC) in Sweden. Theoretically, aging has a direct effect on LTC policy because the elderly become a more important voter group. However, concerns for other citizens may dampen the political importance of the elderly. Fixed effects regressions on municipality-level panel data for 1999-2007 suggest that LTC generosity slightly decreases in response to an aging population. In particular, a smaller share of the elderly become entitled to LTC.

Originalspråk	Engelska
Artikelnummer	pps023
Sidor (från-till)	300-315
Antal sidor	16
Tidskrift	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Volym	34
Nummer	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/aepp/pps023
Status	Publicerad - 2012-juni
Externt publicerad	Ja

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