We use newly available data from Germany to study the relationship between parental income and child health. We find a … strong gradient between parental income and subjective child health as has been documented earlier in the US, Canada and the … children from low socioeconomic background are more likely to suffer from "objectively measured" health problems - except for …

those who are not already age-eligible for an old-age pension and who are deemed unable to work for health reasons. In this … paper, we use two sets of individual survey data to study the role of health and financial incentives in early retirement …