Health in later life is shaped by behavior and policies over the life course and reflects the differences between the societies in which we are ageing. This multidisciplinary book answers questions from all life course phases and its interconnections from a European perspective based on the most...

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major threat to the well-being of older Europeans. Its economic and social effects, however, varied across countries. This multidisciplinary book presents the first results of analyses that combined the renowned longitudinal database of SHARE with new data from two...

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...

In recent years, the retirement age for public pensions has increased across many countries, and additional increases are in progress or under discussion in many more. The seventh stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security programs and labor force...