We use panel data from the US Health and Retirement Study 1992-2002 to estimate theeffect of self-assessed health … limitations on active labor market participation of men aroundretirement age. Self-assessments of health and functioning typically … introduce anendogeneity bias when studying the effects of health on labor market participation. Thisresults from justification …

The health systems of the European Union are a“fundamental part of Europe's social infrastructure”.eHealth, defined in … health, be itat the individual or at the societal level, is expectedto contribute significantly to the further developmentof … health systems. A key barrier to the more widespreaddiffusion of such solutions has been that littlereliable evidence is …

retirement. This paper takes a look at the determinants of earlyretirement using data from the 2002 Swiss Labor Force Survey that …

mortalityprocess. Individual agents choose their optimal retirement age, taking into account the timeandage profiles of wages, taxes … to retire well beforethe normal retirement age. Simulations show that pension reform must be drastic for it to haveany … effects on the retirement behaviour of workers. …