Auf der Basis von Daten der American Health and Retirement Study wird untersucht, ob sich eine Kompression der Mobidität nachweisen lässt, und wie sich dies auf die Erwerbsbeteilgung älterer Menschen auswirkt. Es wird gezeigt, dass jüngere Kohorten trotz steigender Lebenserwartung länger...

This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as workers freely choose their optimal working hours on the basis of their innate preferences and the hourly wage rate, outcome reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by...

Demographic change is a key consequence of the development of modern societies. The prolongation of life expectancy, shifts of mortality into later life and long-term low fertility rates cause essential changes in population structures - with an increase in the number and proportion of older...