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Health and Work of the Elderly Subjective Health Measures, Reporting Errors and the Endogenous Relationship between Health and Work
Lindeboom, Maarten; Kerkhofs, Marcel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
is expected to have a (reverse) causal effect on health. A solution to the ‘Health and Retirement Nexus’ requires an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822054
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Does Retirement Kill You? Evidence from Early Retirement Windows
Coe, Norma B.; Lindeboom, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The magnitude of the effect that health has on the retirement decision has long been studied. We examine the reverse … relationship, whether or not retirement has a direct impact on later-life health. In order to identify the causal relationship, we … use unexpected early retirement window offers to instrument for retirement behavior. They are legally required to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822894
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Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game
de Grip, Andries; Lindeboom, Maarten; Montizaan, Raymond - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
retirement expectations of workers nearing retirement age. The reform means that public sector workers born on January 1, 1950 or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005070418
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The Role of Early-Life Conditions in the Cognitive Decline due to Adverse Events Later in Life
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Deeg, Dorly J. H.; Lindeboom, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Cognitive functioning of elderly individuals may be affected by events such as the loss of a (grand)child or partner or the onset of a serious chronic condition, and by negative economic shocks such as job loss or the reduction of pension benefits. It is conceivable that the impact of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583493
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Does the Size of the Effect of Adverse Events at High Ages on Daily-Life Physical Functioning Depend on the Economic Conditions Around Birth?
Scholte, Robert; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Lindeboom, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper considers determinants of physical-functional limitations in daily-life activities at high ages. Specifically, we quantify the extent to which the impact of adverse life events on this outcome is larger in case of exposure to adverse economic conditions early in life. Adverse life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884074
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Economic Conditions at the Time of Birth and Cognitive Abilities Late in Life: Evidence from Eleven European Countries
Doblhammer, Gabriele; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Fritze, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
, retirement schemes, pensions and insurances, it becomes increasingly important to understand the determinants of cognitive …. We use data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) among elderly individuals. This survey is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009283586
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Being Born Under Adverse Economic Conditions Leads to a Higher Cardiovascular Mortality Rate Later in Life: Evidence Based on Individuals Born at Different Stages of the Business C...
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We connect the recent medical and economic literatures on the long-run effects of early-life conditions, by analyzing the effects of economic conditions on the individual cardiovascular (CV) mortality rate later in life, using individual data records from the Danish Twin Registry covering births...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762085
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twins
Lundborg, Petter; Nordin, Martin; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper, we focus on possible causal mechanisms behind the intergenerational transmission of human capital. For this purpose, we use both an adoption and a twin design and study the effect of parents' education on their children's cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and health. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371896
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Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in Life
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; López, Marta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703315
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Conjugal Bereavement Effects on Health and Mortality at Advanced Ages
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We specify a model for the lifetimes of spouses and the dynamic evolution of health, allowing spousal death to have causal effects on the health and mortality of the survivor. We estimate the model using a longitudinal survey that traces many health status aspects over time, and that is linked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703718