1997 Volume 4 Pages 71-88
This paper tries to determine who takes care of the cared elderly at their home, i.e. a family member or home helper, by using Basic Survey on the Life of the People from 1986, 1989 and 1992. It finds that the cared elderly and/or their family demand home helpers as normal goods in an economical sense, and clearly denies the view point of rationing in public services by local governments. Its marginal effect of income means that demand for home helpers incrreases 0.03% to 1.4% with a 1% increase in income level. Assuming that Social Insurance of Long Term Care for the Elderly covers this kind of home services and that users pay 10% of the total cost, demand for home helpers is 1.2 ~ 2.8 times larger than without such a insurance system by using numerical simulation. Even in the case where users pay 50%, the demand is 1.14 ~ 1.95 times.
