照护政策视角下家庭老年照料的经济价值

On the Economic Value of the Family Care of the Aged:From the Perspective of Long-Term Care Policy

基于中国健康与养老追踪调查(CHARLS)2011年数据,采用福祉评估法测算家庭老年照料的经济价值。研究发现:依照样本均值1小时家庭老年照料的经济价值为10.3元;由于照料时间差异,每月对照料者的经济补偿在581元到2611元之间。受限于区域养老服务水平发展差距,家庭照料有酬化,是渐进式解决老年长期照护问题的一个尝试。政府应优先鼓励和支持家庭照料活动,弥补高强度家庭照料带来的福利损失,同时促进照护服务市场均衡发展,将优质、可及的长期照护服务落到实处。

Based on the data of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS)of 2011,this paper estimates the economic value of family care of the aged by means of the well-being evaluation method.The findings show that according to the sample average,the economic value of an hour of family care of the aged is worth about 10.3 Yuan.Due to the difference of time spent on the care,the monthly financial compensation for caregivers is between 581 Yuan and 2,611 Yuan.Limited by the regional development gap in the level of care services,paid family care is an attempt to gradually solve the problem of long-term care of the aged.The government should give priority to encouraging and supporting family care services,make up for the welfare losses due to the high-strength family care work,meanwhile,promote the balanced development of care service market,and put the high-quality and accessible long-term care service into practice.