The Impact of Informal Caregiving on the Well-being of Older Adults in Europe
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- Moïse Drabo & Raquel Fonseca & Marie-Louise Leroux, 2026. "The Impact of Informal Caregiving on the Well-being of Older Adults in Europe," Cahiers de recherche / Working Papers 2602, Chaire de recherche sur les enjeux économiques intergénérationnels / Research Chair in Intergenerational Economics.
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- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2026-04-06 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-EUR-2026-04-06 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-HEA-2026-04-06 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2026-04-06 (Labour Economics)
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