Synopses & Reviews
Forecasts predict that those in need of long-term care in Europe will double in the next 50 years. This book offers a full understanding of the institutional responses and mechanisms in place to finance old age and provides analysis of demand and supply factors underpinning the development of financial instruments to cover long-term care in Europe.
Synopsis
This is the first booklength study of the French Caribbean presence in Africa, and serves as a unique contribution to the field of African Diaspora and Colonial studies. By using administrative records, newspapers, and interviews, Veronique Helenon explores the French Caribbean presence in the colonial administration in Africa before World War II. The phenomenon of this colonial administration is an especially productive site for understanding the complex relations established both within the African Diaspora and with the French colonial power.
About the Author
JOAN COSTA-FONT is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK, where he is also Senior Research Fellow in Health Economics. He edits the journal
Applied Economics, Perspective and Policyand is author of articles in the
Oxford Review of Economic Policy,
The Journal of the European Economic Association,
Health Economics,
Economic Policy among other journals.
CHRISTOPHE COURBAGE is Research Director at The Geneva Association (International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics), Switzerland. Christophe is also Deputy Editor of The Geneva Papers. His publications comprise several books including The Economics of New Health Technology, and articles in journals such as Economic Theory, Health Economics, Theory and Decision.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Financing Long-Term Care: New and Unresolved Questions;
J.Costa-Font &
C.CourbageTypology of Public Coverage for Long-Term Care in OECD Countries; F.Colombo
Long-Term Care Insurance Puzzle; P.Pestieau &G.Ponthiere
Long-Term Care Insurance: Building Successful Developments; P-Y.Le Corre
Housing Wealth as Self-Insurance for Long-Term Care; A.Laferrère
Long-Term Care Insurance: Partnership or Crowding Out?; J.Costa-Font & C.Courbage
Long-Term Care Insurance in the Netherlands; F.T.Schut & B.van den Berg
Financing Long-Term Care in France; C.Courbage & M.Plisson
From Commission to Commission: Financing Long-Term Care in England; A.Comas-Herrera, R.Wittenberg & L.Pickard
Financing Long-Term Care in Southwest Europe: Italy, Portugal and Spain; J.Costa-Font, C.Gori & S.Santana
Long-Term Care Financing in Austria; B.Trukeschitz & U.Schneider
Financing Long-Term Care in Germany; A.Zuchandke, S.Reddemann & S.Krummaker
Long-Term Care Financing in Central Eastern Europe; A.Österle
Scandinavian Long-Term Care Financing; M.Karlsson, T.Iversen & H.Øien
Long-Term Care Financing in Switzerland; F.Weaver
Long-Term Care Financing in Belgium; P.Willemé, J.Geerts, B.Cantillon &N.Mussche