Based on data from the two first waves of SHARE- Israel, conducted in 2004-2005 and 2009-2010, this study examines the extent to which individuals moved in or out of paid work and the extent to which these labor market transitions are associated with policy changes introduced in the years...

Close to five per cent of older Europeans forwent a visit to the doctor in the previous year due to its cost. More than six per cent did without such visits because of lengthy waiting time. Forgone healthcare is related to one's sociodemographic background, social networks, health and financial...

Drawing upon data from the fourth wave (2010) of the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), the current analysis used a cross-nationally harmonized, name-generating personal social network inventory to examine the network correlates of early exit from the work force. The...

The study examines the labor-force behavior of Israelis at older ages, focusing on the determinants of the transitions between states of labor-force participation between 2005 and 2010. The study uses panel data from the first two waves of the SHARE-Israel longitudinal survey. A multinomial...