In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life … health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a children s home, in a foster family, or having suffered a period of hunger … and later health into a-priori unknown groups, we show that some adverse shocks have opposite effects for specific groups. …

This analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in … Europe (SHARE) to assess the effect of ageing and health on the life satisfaction of the oldest old (defined as 75 and older … for the oldest old. This decline is primarily attributable to low levels of perceived health. Once cohort effects are also …

This paper was prepared as Work Package IV of the AHEAD project – Ageing, Health Status and the Determinants of Health … this work package was to build up a picture of the movements in health status of the elderly population of each country in … the EU by age and sex. Residential care and death were considered as well as states of health. Due to the scarcity of data …

We investigate the long-term effects of macroeconomic crises experienced during prime working age (20 to 50) on health … 1% significantly reduces health later in life. Specifically, respondents hit by such a shock rate their subjective … health as worse, are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases and mobility limitations, and have lower grip strength. The …