家庭老年照料经济价值及其影响因素——基于意愿调查法的研究

基于2019年中国人口与发展研究中心与南开大学老龄健康与民生保障研究基地在全国四个省市组织的“家庭老年照料经济价值问卷调查”数据,采用意愿调查方法(CVM)评估家庭老年照料的经济价值,并检验收入水平和健康状况对家庭老年照料经济价值的影响。研究发现对于家庭老年照料,受访者支付意愿(WTP)的平均金额为每小时31.73元,接受政府补贴意愿(WTA)的平均金额为每小时41.98元。收入水平和健康状况仅对支付意愿的金额产生显著影响,并不影响接受补贴的意愿。此外,相较于对照组,年龄较大、患有慢性病、无配偶、初中学历、不住自己房子的受访者不愿意为家庭老年照料付费也不愿意接受补贴的概率更大。本文的研究结论将为政府出台家庭老年照料的支持政策提供决策参考。

Economic Value of Informal Care and Its Determinants:Based on Contingent Valuation Method

Based on the data from the survey of“Economic Value of Informal Care”,organized by the China Population and Development Research Center and the Research Center of Healthy Aging and Social Security of Nankai University,in four provinces and cities in China in 2019,we use Contingent Valuation Method(CVM)to evaluate the economic value of informal care and to test the impact of income level and health status on the economic value.The study found that for informal care,the average amount of respondents’willingness to pay(WTP)is 31.73 yuan per hour,and the average amount of willingness to accept(WTA)is 41.98 yuan per hour.Income levels and health status only have a significant impact on the amount of WTP,and don’t affect the WTA.In addition,comparing with the control group,respondents who are older,suffer from chronic diseases,have no spouse,have a junior high school education,and do not live in their own houses are more likely to be unwilling to pay for or accept subsidies for the informal care.The conclusions of this paper will provide a decision-making reference for the government to issue the support policy of informal care.