Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, 174610Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA.
J Appl Gerontol. 2023 Apr;42(4):514-523. doi: 10.1177/07334648221124913. Epub 2022 Sep 13.
Older adults may receive either or a combination of unpaid family/friend and paid caregiving. The consumption of family/friend and paid caregiving may be sensitive to minimum wage policies. We used data ( = 11,698 unique respondents) from the Health and Retirement Study and a difference-in-differences design to evaluate associations between increases in state minimum wage between 2010 and 2014 and family/friend and paid caregiving consumed by adults age 65+ years. We also examined responses to increases in minimum wage for respondents with dementia or Medicaid beneficiaries. People living in states that increased their minimum wage did not consume substantially different hours of family/friend, paid, or any family/friend or paid caregiving. We did not observe differential responses between increases in minimum wage and hours of family/friend or paid caregiving among people with dementia or Medicaid beneficiaries. Increases in state minimum wage were not associated with changes in caregiving consumed by adults age 65+.
老年人可能接受无报酬的家庭/朋友和有偿护理中的一种或两种。家庭/朋友和有偿护理的消费可能对最低工资政策敏感。我们使用来自健康与退休研究的数据（=11698 位独特的受访者）和差异中的差异设计来评估 2010 年至 2014 年间州最低工资的提高与 65 岁以上成年人消费的家庭/朋友和有偿护理之间的关联。我们还研究了痴呆症或医疗补助受益人的最低时薪提高对受访者的响应。生活在提高最低工资的州的人们并没有消费大量不同时间的家庭/朋友、有偿或任何家庭/朋友或有偿护理。我们没有观察到痴呆症或医疗补助受益人的最低时薪提高与家庭/朋友或有偿护理时间之间的差异反应。州最低工资的提高与 65 岁以上成年人消费的护理没有变化相关。
