Informal caregivers provide valuable services to elderly persons with long-term care needs, but the consequences of caregiving on caregivers are not yet fully understood. This paper illustrates the interrelation between caregiving and caregivers' labour force participation, cognitive ability,...

This paper analyses the determinants of two important components of well-being among individuals aged 65 years or older in eleven European countries: satisfaction with daily activities and satisfaction with social contacts. For this purpose we use data from the Survey of Health, Aging and...

This paper analyses the determinants of satisfaction with daily activities among retirees aged 65 years or older in eleven European countries. We use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe on self-assessed satisfaction with daily activities and anchoring vignettes to...