Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1. A spotlight on health and life courses in Europe using SHARE Waves 6 and 7 / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Bristle, Johanna / Andersen-Ranberg, Karen / Brugiavini, Agar / Jusot, Florence / Litwin, Howard / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part I. Personality and childhood -- 2. Personality, age and the well-being of older Europeans / Erlich, Bracha / Litwin, Howard / Brugiavini, Agar / Weber, Guglielmo -- 3. Personality and physical health among older Europeans / Shemesh, Jonathan / Schwartz, Ella / Litwin, Howard / Brugiavini, Agar / Weber, Guglielmo -- 4. Personality traits and financial behaviour / Bertoni, Marco / Bonfatti, Andrea / Celidoni, Martina / Crema, Angela / Dal Bianco, Chiara / Brugiavini, Agar / Weber, Guglielmo -- 5. Relationships with parents in childhood and well-being in later life / Damri, Noam / Litwin, Howard / Brugiavini, Agar / Weber, Guglielmo -- 6. Effects of adverse childhood experiences on mental well-being later in life / Buia, Raluca E. / Kovacic, Matija / Orso, Cristina E. / Brugiavini, Agar / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part II. Health inequalities - Education and income -- 7. Dynamic changes in determinants of inequalities in health in Europe with a focus on retirement / Lauridsen, Jørgen T. / Christiansen, Terkel / Vitved, Astrid R. / Weber, Guglielmo -- 8. Persistence in inequalities of frailty at older age: A comparison of nine EU countries / Arnault, Louis / Jusot, Florence / Sirven, Nicolas / Brieu, Marie-Anne / Halimi, Didier / Forette, Françoise / Weber, Guglielmo -- 9. How do early-life conditions shape health age profiles late in life? / Belloni, Michele / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Dal Bianco, Chiara / Pan, Yao / Trucchi, Serena / Weber, Guglielmo -- 10. Tracking and educational inequality in health in later life / Kratz, Fabian / Bristle, Johanna / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part III. Labour market, occupation and retirement -- 11. Long-term effects of different labour careers / Pettinicchi, Yuri / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Brugiavini, Agar -- 12. The economic situation of formerly self-employed workers / Pettinicchi, Yuri / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Brugiavini, Agar -- 13. Patterns of labour market participation and their impact on the well-being of older women / Chłoń-Domińczak, Agnieszka / Magda, Iga / Strzelecki, Paweł A. / Brugiavini, Agar -- 14. End-of-working-life gender wage gap: The role of health shocks, parental education and personality traits / Bertoni, Marco / Bonfatti, Andrea / Celidoni, Martina / Crema, Angela / Dal Bianco, Chiara / Brugiavini, Agar -- 15. Family dissolution and labour supply decisions over the life cycle / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Fiore, Simona / Pasini, Giacomo / Brugiavini, Agar -- 16. Working conditions and health of older workers / Belloni, Michele / Buia, Raluca Elena / Kovacic, Matija / Meschi, Elena / Brugiavini, Agar -- Part IV. Social transitions and economic crises -- 17. Health gap in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe: A life-course perspective / Bíró, Anikó / Branyiczki, Réka / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 18. What is hidden behind the 'obvious'? SHARE data raise the curtain about health, early retirement and elderly care of ageing Bulgarians / Markova, Ekaterina / Yordanova, Gabriela / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 19. The link to the past and the post-communist welfare state / Dobrescu, Loretti I. / Andrieș, Alin Marius / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 20. The economic crisis, fiscal austerity and long-term care: Responses of the care mix in three adjustment countries / Lyberaki, Antigone / Tinios, Platon / Papadoudis, George / Georgiadis, Thomas / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 21. Financial and non-financial transfers from parents to adult children after the economic crisis / Ostrovsky-Berman, Ela / Litwin, Howard / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- Part V. Social context and health -- 22. Changes in social networks and cognitive decline / Schwartz, Ella / Litwin, Howard -- 23. The role of social networks and disability in survival / Abuladze, Liili / Sakkeus, Luule / Litwin, Howard -- 24. Social embeddedness of care recipients and their spousal caregivers / Wagner, Melanie / Holdik, Ina / Litwin, Howard -- 25. The impact of living alone on physical and mental health: Does loneliness matter? / Barbosa, Fátima / Cunha, Cláudia / Voss, Gina / Matos, Alice Delerue / Litwin, Howard -- 26. Living alone in Europe and health behaviours / Mudražija, Stipica / Smolić, Šime / Čipin, Ivan / Litwin, Howard -- 27. Bereavement, loneliness and health / Fawaz, Yarine / Mira, Pedro / Litwin, Howard -- Part VI. Healthcare and health behaviour -- 28. The social dynamics of unmet need, catastrophic healthcare expenses and satisfaction with health insurance coverage / Jürges, Hendrik / Stella, Luca / Jusot, Florence -- 29. Differences in healthcare use between immigrant and local older individuals / Fiore, Simona / Kovacic, Matija / Orso, Cristina E. / Jusot, Florence -- 30. Life expectancy and health investments / Bertoni, Marco / Bonfatti, Andrea / Celidoni, Martina / Crema, Angela / Dal Bianco, Chiara / Jusot, Florence -- 31. Multiple chronic conditions in older people in European countries: A network analysis approach / Srakar, Andrej / Prevolnik Rupel, Valentina / Jusot, Florence -- Part VII. Objective health -- 32. Changes in body mass and cognitive decline - disentangling a seeming paradox / Weiss, Luzia M. / Kronschnabl, Judith / Kneip, Thorsten / Bergmann, Michael / Andersen-Ranberg, Karen -- 33. The association between self-reported physical activity and physical performance: Does advancing age matter? / Rise, Jens Elmelund / Juel Ahrenfeldt, Linda / Lindahl-Jacobsen, Rune / Andersen-Ranberg, Karen -- 34. Grip strength across Europe -North/ South and East/West divides / Barros, Pedro Pita / Pimentel-Santos, Fernando / Neto, David Dias / Andersen-Ranberg, Karen -- 35. End of life and palliative care in Europe: An exploration of SHARE data / Jürges, Hendrik / Laferrère, Anne / Lemoine, Adèle / Andersen-Ranberg, Karen -- Part VIII. Dried blood spot samples -- 36. Dried blood spot samples and their validation / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Börsch-Supan, Martina / Weiss, Luzia M. -- 37. Influence of fieldwork conditions and sample quality on DBS values / Weiss, Luzia M. / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 38. Blood collection in the field - results and lessons from the polish test study / Weiss, Luzia M. / Börsch-Supan, Martina / Myck, Michal / Nocoń, Katarzyna / Oczkowska, Monika / Topór-Mądry, Roman / Andersen-Ranberg, Karen / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 39. Identification of cytokine and lipoprotein markers for analyses in SHARE Wave 6 dried blood spots / Borbye-Lorenzen, Nis / Börsch-Supan, Martina / Börsch-Supan, Axel
