Jane Greve, Professor MSO, Deputy head, Cand. polit., PhD. in Economics, The Danish Center for Social Science Research, will deliver our fifth seminar of Michaelmas Term on Tuesday 4th November, 2:00-3:30pm, in the Chester Room at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
She will speak on the topic: Family Spillovers of Dementia.
Abstract
Jane will present about the use of population-wide administrative data from Denmark and an event-study design spanning nearly two decades to examine the impact of parental dementia on adult children’s labor market, physical health, and mental health outcomes. Her analysis finds no meaningful effects on labor supply, earnings, or physical-health-related care. In contrast, mental health care use increases substantially, especially among daughters, beginning years before a parent’s death, peaking around the time of death, and converging to the counterfactual trend over about seven years. Results suggest that robust long-term care and leave policies can largely insulate adult children from economic disruptions of ADRD, while mental health spillovers remain significant.
About the speaker
Jane Greve holds a PhD in Economics and is Professor with Special Responsibilities and Deputy Head at VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Research. Her primary research fields concern population health, including evaluations of health interventions and health policies with a particular focus on marginalized groups.