Stern S
Department of Economics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903, USA.
Gerontologist. 1996 Feb;36(1):76-87. doi: 10.1093/geront/36.1.76.
This article estimates the effects of various parent and child characteristics on the choice of care arrangement of the parent, taking into account the potential endogeneity of some of the child characteristics. Three equations are estimated: a care choice equation, a child location equation, and a child work equation. Results suggest a hierarchy of family decision making; child locations affect the care decision, which affects child work decisions. The results also question previous research attempting to explain causes of secular trends in long-term care.
本文估计了各种父母和子女特征对父母护理安排选择的影响，同时考虑到一些子女特征可能存在的内生性。估计了三个方程：护理选择方程、子女居住方程和子女工作方程。结果表明了家庭决策的层次结构；子女居住情况影响护理决策，而护理决策又影响子女工作决策。研究结果还对以往试图解释长期护理长期趋势原因的研究提出了质疑。
