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American Older Adults in the Time of COVID-19 : Vulnerability Types, Aging Attitudes, and Emotional Responses

Fu, Mingqi; Guo, Jing; Chen, Xi; Han, Boxun; Ahmad, … - 2022

adults' vulnerability and examines the relationship between vulnerability types, aging attitudes and emotional responses …. International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Short-form (I-PANAS-SF) and Attitudes toward own aging (ATOT) were used to … assess the emotional experiences and aging attitudes, and 14 types of pandemic-related deprivations evaluated individuals …

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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). We observe a U-shaped relationship between age...

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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 … other age-related services. The housing preferences of the aging population are changing rapidly where more and more people …

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Older Men : Pushed into Retirement by the Baby Boomers?

Macunovich, Diane J. - 2010

The United States has experienced over the past forty years an apparent correspondence between the pattern of retirement among men aged 55-69, and the proportion of workers aged 25-34 working part-year and/or part-time. The latter was an effect of overcrowding among the baby boomers as they...

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Early Life Environments and Frailty in Old Age among Chinese Older Adults

Li, Yaxi - 2019

Exposures in childhood and adolescence may impact the development of diseases and symptoms in late life. However, evidence from low- and middle-income countries is scarce. In this study, we examined the association of early life risk factors with frailty among older adults using a large,...

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Demographic Changes, Labor Supplies, Labor Complementarities, Calendar Annual Wages of Age Groups, and Cohort Life Wage Incomes

Jensen, Bjarne; Pedersen, Peder J.; Guest, Ross - 2022

This paper analyzes the impact on age group wage differentials in a setting of imperfect labor substitution at different ages (years) of working life. We examine the wage prospect of assuming medium, high, and low levels of fertility during the population projection period (2020-2090). Main...

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The Impact of Age of Entry on Academic Progression

Caceres-Delpiano, Julio - 2014

Using an RD-design and public educational administrative data for Chile, we study the impact of age of entry on children outcomes. Different from previous studies, we are able to track this impact on school achievements over eleven years of the school life of a cohort of students. Our results...

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Relative Age Effect on European Adolescents' Social Network

Fumarco, Luca - 2018

We contribute to the literature on relative age effects on pupils' (non-cognitive) skills formation by studying students' social network. We investigate data on European adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children survey and use an instrumental variables approach to account for...

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Aging and Productivity : Evidence from Piece Rates

Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2012

We evaluate the effects of aging on productivity using piece-rate earnings as a proxy for worker output. Our data …

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