Financing Long-Term Care in Europe

Forecasts predict that those in need of long-term care in Europe will double in the next 50 years. This book offers a full understanding of the institutional responses and mechanisms in place to finance old age and provides analysis of demand and supply factors underpinning the development of financial instruments to cover long-term care in Europe.

BEA CANTILLON University of Antwerp, BelgiumFRANCESCA COLOMBO Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, FranceADELINA COMAS-HERRERA London School of Economics and Political Science, UKJOANNA GEERT Federal Planning Bureau, BelgiumCRISTIANO GORI London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTOR IVERSEN University of Oslo, NorwayMARTIN KARLSSON Technische Universität Darmstadt, GermanySIMONE KRUMMAKER Leibniz University of Hannover, GermanyANNE LAFERRÈRE INSEE and CREST Paris, FrancePIERRE-YVES LE CORRE Swiss Re Europe SA, FranceNINKE MUSSCHE University of Antwerp, BelgiumHENNING ØIEN University of Oslo, NorwayAUGUST ÖSTERLE Vienna University of Economics and Business, AustriaPIERRE PESTIEAU CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain, CREPP, University of Liege, Belgium and Paris School of Economics, FranceLINDA PICKARD London School of Economics and Political Science, UKMANUEL PLISSON Chaire 'Risques et Chances de la transition démographique' Paris Dauphine University LEDA-LEGOS, FranceGREGORY PONTHIÈRE Paris School of Economics and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, FranceSEBASTIAN REDDEMANN Leibniz University of Hannover, GermanySILVINA SANTANA University of Aveiro, PortugalULRIKE SCHNEIDER Vienna University of Economics and Business, AustriaBIRGIT TRUKESCHITZ Vienna University of Economics and Business, AustriaFREDERIK T. SCHUT Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsBERNARD VAN DEN BERG University of York, United KingdomFRANCE WEAVER University of Geneva, SwitzerlandPETER WILLEMÉ Federal Planning Bureau, BelgiumRAPHAEL WITTENBERG London School of Economics and Political Science, UKANDY ZUCHANDKE Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany