Università della Svizzera italiana

Three essays in labor economics

Gentili, Elena ; Mazzonna, Fabrizio (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2019 ; 2019ECO003.

In this thesis, I investigate two of the main challenges faced by developed societies: aging and migration. In the first chapter, I consider the cultural determinants of elderly care arrangement decisions. The empirical strategy focuses on the three German and French speaking Swiss bilingual cantons. Particularly, since the structure of long-term care provision is planned at cantonal level, I...

Università della Svizzera italiana

The role of culture in long-term care arrangement decisions

Gentili, Elena ; Masiero, Giuliano ; Mazzonna, Fabrizio

In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, vol. 143, p. 186-200

In this paper, we show how and to what extent cultural factors may influence the LTC market and elderly living arrangements. Using a spatial regression discontinuity design, we exploit the within-state variation in language groups in Switzerland to provide evidence about cultural differences in LTC use. We show that elderly people residing in regions speaking a Latin language (French, Italian...

Università della Svizzera italiana

The role of culture in long-term care

Gentili, Elena ; Masiero, Giuliano ; Mazzonna, Fabrizio

The aim of this paper is to assess the role of culture in shaping individual preferences to- wards different long-term care (LTC) arrangements. The analysis uses Swiss data from two administrative databases covering the universe of formal LTC providers between 2007 and 2013. Switzerland is a multi-cultural confederation where state administrative borders do not always coincide with cultural...

Haute Ecole de Santé de Fribourg

Le vécu du personnel infirmier en hôpital psychiatrique lors de soins au long cours : une revue de littérature étoffée

Magnin, Lucie ; Perrinjaquet, Deborah (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole de Santé de Fribourg, 2012.

L'objectif premier de cette revue de littérature est de comprendre le concept de chronicité en psychiatrie et d’explorer le vécu et le ressentis des soignants lors de soins au long cours. Il s’agira deuxièmement de savoir comment le personnel infirmier arrive à donner du sens à son rôle dans l’accompagnement de personnes ayant des troubles mentaux chroniques en expliquant les...