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Why life gets better after age 50, for some: mental well-being and the social norm of work
van de Kraats, Coen; Galama, Titus; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2022
We provide evidence that the social norm (expectation) of work has a detrimental causal effect on the mental well-being of individuals not able to abide by it. Using SHARE data on men aged 50+ from 10 European countries, we identify the social norm of work effect in a difference-in-differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014321756
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Why life gets better after age 50, for some : mental well-being and the social norm of work
Kraats, Coen van de; Galama, Titus; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2022 - This version: October 29, 2022
We provide evidence that the social norm (expectation) of work has a detrimental causal effect on the mental well-being of individuals not able to abide by it. Using SHARE data on men aged 50+ from 10 European countries, we identify the social norm of work effect in a difference-in-differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429189
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Why life gets better after age 50, for some : mental well-being and the social norm of work*
Galama, Titus J.; van de Kraats, Coen; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2022
We provide evidence that the social norm (expectation) of work has a detrimental causal effect on the mental well-being of individuals not able to abide by it. Using SHARE data on men aged 50+ from 10 European countries, we identify the social norm of work effect in a difference-in-differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014242755
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The role early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Deeg, Dorly J. H.; Lindeboom, … - 2010
Serious life events, such as the loss or the onset of a chronic condition may influence cognitive functioning. We examine whether the cognitive impact of such events is stronger if conditions very early in life were adverse, using Dutch lnogitudinal data of older persons. We exploit exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273982
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The role of early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Deeg, Dorly J.H.; Lindeboom, … - 2010
information on demographics, socio-economic conditions, life events, health, and cognitive functioning. We exploit exogenous … consecutive shocks later in life exceeds the sum of the separate effects, and whether economic and health shocks later in life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277333
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Mortality and the Business Cycle: Evidence from Individual and Aggregated Data
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; von Hinke, … - 2017
There has been much interest recently in the relationship between economic conditions and mortality, with some studies showing that mortality is pro-cyclical, while others find the opposite. Some suggest that the aggregation level of analysis (e.g. individual vs. regional) matters. We use both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208785
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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch hunger winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
Scholte, Robert S.; van den Berg, Gerard; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2012
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial dermacations are clear, it was severe, it was anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321129
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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch Hunger Winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
Scholte, Robert; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2012
The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282563
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The role of early-life conditions in the cognitive decline due to adverse events later in life
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Deeg, Dorly J.H.; Lindeboom, … - 2010
information on demographics, socio-economic conditions, life events, health, and cognitive functioning. We exploit exogenous … consecutive shocks later in life exceeds the sum of the separate effects, and whether economic and health shocks later in life … ; developmental origins ; retirement ; health ; long-run effects ; dementia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941481
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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch hunger winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes
Scholte, Robert S.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, … - 2012 - First version: January 2012
. -- nutrition ; ageing ; developmental origins ; morbidity ; income ; health ; employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009557655