Do people form correct expectations about the impact of retirement on their health? This paper looks at unexpected … health shocks that hit people after they retire. Using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia … survey (waves 2001-2014), we construct measures of unexpected health shocks for each year, using information on respondents …

This paper shows that the measurement of hand grip strength provides a non-invasive and reliable objective health … complement of self-reported indicators of health, but it also exhibits a considerable predictive power with regard to a number of … further relevant variables, such as mortality risks. New data from the 2004 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe …