Que peut-on attendre d'une assurance autonomie universelle dans le financement de la perte d'autonomie ? Évaluation à l'aide d'un modèle d'équilibre général calculable

The purpose of this study is to understand to what extent introducing compulsory autonomy insurance as an answer to the problem of the loss of autonomy of the elderly could help. This evaluation is made using an overlapping generations macroeconomic general equilibrium model. The advantage of this type of model is that it makes it possible to measure the effects of setting up autonomy insurance, for which we will study different financing methods, both at the macroeconomic and the individual levels. The benchmark scenario (without insurance) is compared to three variants of compulsory autonomy insurance, which draw on the studies done by Forette et al. (2018). All the variants are based on the same elements concerning the amount of coverage: 1,275 euros for people at GIR 1-2 and 925 euros for those at GIR 3-4. Only the financing method differentiates the scenarios being evaluated. JEL classification: G22, H53, I11, I13.