Options for public funding for long-term care

Project Lead: Monika Riedel
Team: Thomas Davoine, Philipp Poyntner, Gerlinde Titelbach
Duration: 2015
Funding: Ministry of Finance


Currently, public funding for long-term care (LTC) in Austria relies on taxes. The project analyses alternative options for public financing of LTC with regard to distributional effects and macroeconomic effects, the latter including projections until 2065. Analysed funding options are (a) the introduction of a social LTC insurance levied on incomes that are also subject to social health insurance contributions, (b) a social LTC insurance levied on pension incomes only, and (c) a private LTC insurance.

Research Report (in German)