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Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Milewski, Nadja - 2020
-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to that of their compatriots who stay in the country of origin. Isolating … cultural effects can best gauge self-selection and host country effects on the health of emigrants with longer time abroad. We … study both the physical and mental dimensions of health among European-born emigrants over 50, who originate from seven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012264436
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729229
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744998
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Loneliness and health of older adults: The role of cultural heritage and relationship quality
Casabianca, Elizabeth J.; Kovacic, Matija - 2022
-generation immigrants among older adults drawn from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. In an effort to account for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278139
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A "Healthy Immigrant Effect" or a "Sick Immigrant Effect"? Selection and Policies Matter
Constant, Amelie F.; García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, … - 2015
data we are able to compare Israel and Europe that have fundamentally different migration policies. Israel has virtually … natives; b) immigrants to Europe have better health than natives upon arrival and up to eleven years since arrival in the host …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345398
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Micro and macro determinants of health: Older immigrants in Europe
Constant, Amelie F.; García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, … - 2014
We study the health determinants of immigrant men and women over the age of fifty, in Europe, and compare them to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481648
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Health Inequality among Chinese Older Adults: The Role of Childhood Circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2019
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180066
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Health Inequality among Chinese Older Adults: The Role of Childhood Circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147431
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Age-specific effects of early daycare on children's health
Barschkett, Mara - 2022
Over the past decades, the share of very young children in daycare has increased significantly in many OECD countries, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early daycare attendance on health has received little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470680
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Household Wealth and Body Mass Index: Towards a Healthy Ageing?
Belloc, Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; Velilla, Jorge - 2023
Body Mass Index, using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, including 15 countries from 2004 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014435501