This User Guide provides information about measures of well-being available in since 2002 in the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA),...

Background: Inequality in gender varies across social contexts, which may influence the health of both men and women. Based on theories of gender as a social system, we examine whether systematic gender inequality at the macro level influences health of men and women in 23 countries. Methods:...

We study the sensitivity of analyses on income and wealth to the methods of imputation for missing data. We do so by implementing a conditional hot-deck imputation, based on the method used by the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, in the Health and Retirement Study. We compare marginal and...

The authors examined the economic well-being of the Korean elderly and their reliance on public and private transfers. Under-developed public transfer programs are at the center of heated political debates, and better understanding of economic well-being and the relation between public and...

The authors examined the economic wellbeing of the Korean elderly and their reliance on public and private transfers. Under-developed public transfer programs are at the center of heated political debates, and better understanding of economic wellbeing and the relation between public and private...