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The Mental and Physical Burden of Caregiving - Evidence from Administrative Data

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  • Stroka, Magdalena A.

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This study evaluates the mental and physical strain experienced by informal caregivers. Econometric problems due to individuals selecting themselves into informal care provision are tackled by using informative and detailed data from the largest sickness fund in Germany and applying propensity score matching techniques. The findings suggest that carers take more psychoactive drugs as well as analgesics and gastrointestinal agents. Thus, informal caregiving appears to be a burdensome task with implications for both mental and physical health.

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  • Stroka, Magdalena A., 2014. "The Mental and Physical Burden of Caregiving - Evidence from Administrative Data," Ruhr Economic Papers 474, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:rwirep:474
    DOI: 10.4419/86788536
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    1. Costa-Font, Joan & Vilaplana-Prieto, Cristina, 2022. "Mental health effects of caregivers respite: Subsidies or Supports?," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 23(C).
    2. Chang-Yu Wu & Yu-Ying Li & Maurice J. Lyver, 2022. "Elderly Caregiving Quality Improvement: A Pilot Study of the Burdens of Vietnamese Caregivers in Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-20, May.
    3. Le, Duc Dung & Ibuka, Yoko, 2023. "Understanding the effects of informal caregiving on health and well-being: Heterogeneity and mechanisms," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 317(C).
    4. P.L. de Zwart & P. Bakx & E.K.A. van Doorslaer, 2017. "Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm 64? The health impact of caregiving to one's spouse," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 26(S2), pages 127-138, September.

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    Keywords

    informal care; burden; drugs; propensity score matching;
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    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General

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