"This paper tests whether there is evidence of compression of morbidity using data from the American Health and Retirement Study and analyzes the effects of this on the labor supply of older people. We find younger cohorts to suffer less from functional problems than older cohorts at given ages....

"This paper tests whether there is evidence of compression of morbidity using data from the American Health and Retirement Study and analyzes the effects of this on the labor supply of older people. We find younger cohorts to suffer less from functional problems than older cohorts at given ages....

"For the vocational retraining of people who, due to a disability, are not able to remain in their previous occupation, a network of occupational rehabilitation centres was developed in Germany which take into consideration in a special way the particular needs of these people with regard to...

"For the vocational retraining of people who, due to a disability, are not able to remain in their previous occupation, a network of occupational rehabilitation centres was developed in Germany which take into consideration in a special way the particular needs of these people with regard to...

Während im Ausland in der forschungs- und technologiepolitischen Beratung repräsentative oder paritätische Gremien überwiegen, sind in Deutschland die Erfahrungen mit derartigen Institutionen nicht ermutigend. Ihre Arbeit scheiterte häufig an der mangelnden Konsensbereitschaft und der...