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Ageing, Health, Loneliness and Wellbeing

Tani, Massimiliano - 2020

Older people experience high rates of depression and suicide, yet they make a positive net contribution to the economy through activities such as employment, volunteering, and looking after grandchildren. The wellbeing of older people is therefore important not only on moral but also economic...

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Ageing, Health and Life Satisfaction of the Oldest Old : An Analysis for Germany

Gwozdz, Wencke - 2009

This analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in … Europe (SHARE) to assess the effect of ageing and health on the life satisfaction of the oldest old (defined as 75 and older … for the oldest old. This decline is primarily attributable to low levels of perceived health. Once cohort effects are also …

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The Economics of Healthy Ageing in China

Heshmati, Almas - 2016

's ageing population as a ticking time bomb which paradoxically is both a challenge and an opportunity for the country. Health … is considered an important determinant of economic growth and competitiveness. The health of the elderly population …

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Homeownership and the Perception of Material Security in Old Age

Garten, Claudius; Myck, Michał; Oczkowska, Monika - 2022

in old age. Using data from 15 European countries collected in wave 2 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in …

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Emigration and the Age Profile of Retirement Among Immigrants

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Stillman, Steven - 2021

This paper analyzes the relationship between immigrants' retirement status and the prevalence of return migration from the host country to their country of origin. We develop a simple theoretical model to illustrate that under reasonable conditions the probability of return migration is...

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Ageing in a Long-Term Regeneration Neighbourhood : A Disruptive Experience or Successful Ageing in Place?

Kleinhans, Reinout - 2014

The aging population of European cities raises enormous challenges with regard to employment, pensions, health care and …

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Intergenerational Persistence of Health in the U.S : Do Immigrants Get Healthier as They Assimilate?

Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2016

capital, health, is also largely transmitted from generation to generation, contributing to limited socio-economic mobility …. Using data from the NLSY, we first present new evidence on intergenerational transmission of health outcomes in the U … native and immigrant children inherit a prominent fraction of their health status from their parents, and that, on average …

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Mobile Applications Aiming to Facilitate Immigrants' Societal Integration and Overall Level of Integration, Health and Mental Health : Does Artificial Intelligence Enhance Outcomes...

Drydakis, Nick - 2021

-Integration) and increased level of integration (Ethnosizer), good overall health (EQ-VAS) and mental health (CESD-20). It is estimated … integration, health/mental health status. For instance, translation and voice assistant applications are associated with a 4 …% increase in integration and a 0.8% increase in good overall health. Moreover, m-Integration applications aided by artificial …

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Income Inequality and Health : Lessons from a Refugee Residential Assignment Program

Gronqvist, Hans - 2012

This paper examines the effect of income inequality on health for a group of particularly disadvantaged individuals … different types of diagnoses. Our estimates are precise enough to rule out large effects of income inequality on health …

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Language Barriers and Immigrant Health Production

Clarke, Andrew James - 2015

We study the impact of language deficiency on the health production of childhood migrants to Australia. Our … large negative effect of English deficiency on physical health that is robust to a range of different specifications.In the … upper bounds for the true effect of English deficiency on health of one half and a full standard deviation in the health …

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