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Associations of childhood health and financial situation with quality of life after retirement : regional variation across Europe

Börnhorst, Claudia; Heger, Dörte; Mensen, Anne - 2019

, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) with full information on childhood and later life measures of health, educational …

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Retirement and loneliness

Guthmuller, Sophie; Heger, Dörte; Hollenbach, Johannes; … - 2023

, Aging, and Retirement in Europe. To estimate causal effects, we exploit differences in retirement eligibility rules across … Fragebogendaten der Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe. Um einen kausalen Zusammenhang aufzuzeigen, nutzen wir die …

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Changes in morbidity over time : evidence from Europe

Heger, Dörte; Kolodziej, Ingo W. K. - 2016

The elderly are the main beneficiaries of recent gains in life expectancy in the EU. Whether the additional life time is spent in good or in poor health will drastically influence the development of health care costs as morbidity status rather than age per se determines an individual’s need...

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Work and well-being of informal caregivers in Europe

Heger, Dörte - 2014

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,...

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Care choices in Europe : to each according to his needs?

Heger, Dörte; Korfhage, Thorben - 2016

Growing long-term care (LTC) needs represent a major challenge for our ageing societies. Understanding how utilization patterns of different types of care are influenced by LTC policies or changes in the population composition such as age patterns or health can provide helpful insight on how to...

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Does the negative effect of caregiving on work persist over time?

Heger, Dörte; Korfhage, Thorben - 2017

kann. Zusätzlich zu kurzfristigen Effekten der Pflegetätigkeit auf das Arbeitsangebot der Pflegenden sind außerdem mittel …

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Living longer : years spent in (bad) health? : a rise in life expectancy for older age groups is accompanied by increasing limitations with everyday activities

Heger, Dörte - RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2017

Due to medical and technological progress, life expectancy has increased significantly over the past decade. A large share of this increase occurs for people over the age of 50. However, the rate of illness in the population is simultaneously increasing because the average number of people...

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Längere Lebensdauer: gesunde oder kranke Jahre? : die Lebenserwartung für ältere Jahrgänge steigt an und geht mit zunehmenden Einschränkungen bei Alltagsaktivitäten einher

Heger, Dörte (contributor) - RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2016

Die Altersklasse 50+ konnte in den letzten Jahren erhebliche Zuwächse in der Lebenserwartung verzeichnen. Dies ist vor allem auf den medizinisch-technischen Fortschritt zurückzuführen. Weil die durchschnittliche Anzahl an Krankheiten in jeder Alterskohorte zunimmt, steigt auch die...

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Wer seine Eltern pflegt, hat es auf dem Arbeitsmarkt schwerer : negative Beschäftigungseffekte betreffen Männer noch stärker als Frauen

Heger, Dörte (contributor); Korfhage, Thorben (contributor) - RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2017

Bis zum Jahr 2050 wird sich der Anteil der Bevölkerung in der Altersgruppe 80+ verdoppeln. Gleichzeitig steigt die Nachfrage nach Langzeitpflege stark an. Pflege durch Familienangehörige spielt in Deutschland eine große Rolle. Für die Soziale Pflegeversicherung ist sie deutlich günstiger...

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Lasting negative impacts of family care provision on employment : family caregivers are less likely to be in the labor force after taking care of an elderly parent : men are more s...

Heger, Dörte (contributor); Korfhage, Thorben (contributor) - RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2017

The share of the population aged 80 and older will double by 2050. This development spurs a considerable increase in the demand for long-term care. Supporting informal care provision by family members is the most common policy choice in European countries. This form of care is regarded to be...

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