the problem. The implicit assumption is that the additional years of life are lived in good health, or as a minimum that … health status is compatible with work. However, some individuals may not have the ability to work. Furthermore, a uniform … important to examine whether the health of older individuals will allow them to continue working and whether there is …

This paper estimates and decomposes income-related health inequality for people nearing retirement age in the US by … analyzing data from Health and Retirement Study. To reveal the whole picture of health deterioration with respect to income … ranking, we use Petrie et al. (2011)’s newly proposed income and health mobility, explicitly accounting for the dead in a …

English Abstract We use SHARE data from eight European countries to measure the evolution of health of middle …-aged individuals over time. In contrast to earlier findings in Europe, we observe a stalling health trend for individuals of later year … of birth using an index measuring health deficits. We even observe a slightly negative trend for men and large …

the problem. The implicit assumption is that the additional years of life are lived in good health, or as a minimum that … health status is compatible with work. However, some individuals may not have the ability to work. Furthermore, a uniform … important to examine whether the health of older individuals will allow them to continue working and whether there is …

In this chapter, we first discuss the history of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) network of surveys and how its … research. Such opportunities are ample and diverse, ranging from frailty and financial abuse to health care arrangements in the …

Using Health and Retirement Study data, we examine three groups of adults aged 51–56 in 1992 with different disability … loss, whereas increased public health insurance coverage alleviated reduced private health insurance coverage. The newly …, except for improvement in health insurance coverage …

incentives, e.g., social security wealth or health status, the steepness of the wage profile will have different incentives for …

incentives, e.g., social security wealth or health status, the steepness of the wage profile will have different incentives for …

incentives, e.g., social security wealth or health status, the steepness of the wage profile will have different incentives for …