Both health and income inequalities have been shown to be much greater in Britain than in Germany. One of the main … lower income groups. Inequality analysis reveals that while the distribution of health shocks is more concentrated among …, both health shocks and early retirement are more concentrated among those with low incomes. We use comparable longitudinal …

Both health and income inequalities have been shown to be much greater in Britain than in Germany. One of the main … lower income groups. Inequality analysis reveals that while the distribution of health shocks is more concentrated among …, both health shocks and early retirement are more concentrated among those with low incomes. We use comparable longitudinal …

the full eight waves of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) to study the relationship between retirement, health … levels and health shocks in nine European countries. The results show a consistency of effect with only small variation in … magnitude both for latent health stock variables as well as the subjective SAH measures. This is compatible with previous …

, health satisfaction. It is hypothesised that the influence of this heterogeneity varies over levels of health and increases … over the life-cycle. These hypotheses are tested with data on health satisfaction from 22 waves of the German Socioeconomic … fixed effects logit, that allows for individual-specific reporting bias, heterogeneity in health endowments, and …

and mental health. We estimate fixed effects models accounting for both cohort and lifecycle effects and use entropy … education on inequality of opportunity (IOp) in income and only small reductions in IOp in physical and mental health. …