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Title
Nonprofit and For-profit Providers in Japan's At-home Care Industry: Evidence on Quality of Service and Household Choice
Creator
Creator Name
Noguchi, Haruko Noguchi, Haruko
野口, 晴子 野口, 晴子
ノグチ, ハルコ ノグチ, ハルコ
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Toyo Eiwa University
Creator Name
Shimizutani, Satoshi Shimizutani, Satoshi
清水谷, 諭 清水谷, 諭
シミズタニ, サトシ シミズタニ, サトシ
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Editor
Contributor Name
社会科学における統計分析拠点構築 = Research Unit for Statistical Analysis in Social Sciences
Abstract
In 2000, government deregulation along with the introduction of the long-term insurance scheme for the first time allowed for-profit providers of at-home care for the elderly to compete directly with nonprofit operators. According to the contract failure hypothesis, we would expect consumers to prefer nonprofit providers over their for-profit counterparts as a result of information asymmetry and non-distributional constraints. This study takes advantage of household level data to examine whether households' choice of care provider is biased toward nonprofits. We find that nonprofit providers to command a larger market share, but this is at least partly explained by having operated in the market longer and by continuing restrictions in medical and institutional care that confer various advantages on nonprofit providers. However, we do find that user with better knowledge of providers tend to favor for-profit providers, suggesting that measures to reduce information asymmetries may help to provide a more level playing field.
Description
This is a revised version of our earlier paper (Noguchi and Shimizutani 2002).
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2005-02
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
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Hi-Stat Discussion paper series ; No. d04-73
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  http://21coe.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/english/index.html
Number of Pages
22
Sponsorship
21世紀COEプログラム = 21st-Century COE Program
Appears in Collections
Hi-Stat Discussion paper series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/14042