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The Impact of Informal Caregiving on the Well-being of Older Adults in Europe

Published: March 30, 2026 00:00

Informal care is a cornerstone of long-term care for older adults but may entail substantial psychological costs for caregivers. Using seven waves (2004–2022) of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for 27 countries, we estimate…

Les déterminants socio-démographiques de la prise en charge des personnes âgées en situation de perte d’autonomie.

Published: March 30, 2026 00:00

This paper examines the main socioeconomic and demographic determinants likely to influence individuals’ decisions to provide long-term care to their parents. To do so, the authors draw on original data from a survey conducted in 2023 among 2, 300 people…

Wealth, Medical Spending, and Health: Evidence from a Housing Reform

Published: March 9, 2026 00:00

This paper leverages China’s 2006 housing reform and a non-parametric Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) to identify the causal impact of housing wealth on health and healthcare spending across age groups. A positive housing wealth shock leads to an…

Acting reactively: private investment, controversies and regulatory and policy responses in residential long-term care in Ontario (Canada), Lombardy (Italy), the Netherlands and England (United Kingdom)

Published: March 3, 2026 00:00

Private investment in residential long-term care has surged around the world. Growing evidence shows that this is changing the institutional logic and the inner workings of the sector, prioritising the financial interests of asset holders above those of…

The Retirement Spending Smile Revisited: Cross-Sectional Patterns versus Within-Household Dynamics

Published: February 26, 2026 00:00

The "retirement spending smile" (Blanchett, 2014), a U-shaped pattern in the rate of retiree spending change, has influenced how advisors project retirement spending. We replicate Blanchett's analysis using RAND HRS/CAMS data (2001–2009) and extend it with…

Population Aging and Pension Reforms in China

Published: February 20, 2026 00:00

China is experiencing rapid population aging and a declining workforce, posing significant economic and fiscal challenges, especially to the pension system. This paper examines the evolution of China’s pension system, assesses its gaps relative to…

An Evaluation of the 2026 Earnings-Related Pension Reform

Published: February 18, 2026 00:00

Abstract This study evaluates the reforms proposed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health for the earnings-related pension system in the 2025 legislative proposal. The proposed reform would allow private-sector pension institutions to take on greater…