Public Subsidies, Private Provision of Care and Living Arrangements of the Elderly
研究公共补贴如何影响失能老年人在独立居住、与子女同住和入住养老院之间的选择，发现直接补贴养老院和限制床位政策显著影响选择，而社区生活补贴效果有限。
The authors examine the effects of public subsidies on the living arrangements of the disabled elderly who choose among living independently, living in an intergenerational household, and entering a nursing home. After quantifying effects of state policies on each arrangement, they estimate the model using multinominal probit and data from the National Long-Term Care Survey. Direct subsidies for nursing home care and state policies which limit nursing home beds or reimbursement significantly affect the choice of living arrangement. State policies which subsidize community living have little effect on nursing home entry, although they increase the probability of living independently. Copyright 1996 by MIT Press.