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| Swarnankur Chatterjee and Lu Fan |
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| ''Household Demand for Private Long Term Care Insurance: An Exploratory Note'' |
| ( 2017, Vol. 37 No.3 ) |
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| This study uses the most recent wave of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine participation of aging households in the long-term care insurance market. Results suggest that households who perceived a need to move to a nursing home within the next five years and households with higher preference for risk management through insurance were more likely to have long-term care coverage. Interestingly, the households with higher levels of risk tolerance were less likely to have long-term care coverage. Conversely, households with a bequest motive were more likely to have long-term care coverage. Additionally, the empirical results of this study indicate that the probability of having long-term care coverage was higher for women. Households with greater educational attainment and greater net worth were also more likely to have long-term care coverage. |
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| Keywords: Long Term Care, Insurance, Gerontology, Aging in Place, Risk, Retirement, Financial Planning |
JEL: D1 - Household Behavior: General
J1 - Demographic Economics: General |
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| Manuscript Received : Feb 11 2017 | | Manuscript Accepted : Aug 31 2017 |
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