Although elderly men and women share many of the same problems as they age, their lives are likely to follow different … courses. Women are more likely than men to live into old old-age and are more likely to spend part of their young old …-age caring for husbands or parents. By providing this unpaid care women might enter retirement earlier, rather than prolonging …

survey for the elderly individuals living in poverty in Peru (ESBAM) that includes cognitive tests and a comprehensive set of …

Although elderly men and women share many of the same problems as they age, their lives are likely to follow different … courses. Women are more likely than men to live into old old-age and are more likely to spend part of their young old …-age caring for husbands or parents. By providing this unpaid care women might enter retirement earlier, rather than prolonging …

Populations become increasingly feminized with age. Since older women are more vulnerable to poverty, they may find it …, and Viet Nam shows that women are more likely to have reported sickness or injury than men, a difference that is … meaningful and statistically significant. While women in Cambodia and the Philippines are more likely to seek treatment than men …

Populations become increasingly feminized with age. Since older women are more vulnerable to poverty, they may find it …, and Viet Nam shows that women are more likely to have reported sickness or injury than men, a difference that is … meaningful and statistically significant. While women in Cambodia and the Philippines are more likely to seek treatment than men …

Despite significant improvement in female schooling over the last two decades, only a small proportion of women in … regression results show that even after accounting for human capital endowments, women are systematically less likely to … significant and negative effect on women's participation in paid work. We do not find any evidence that purdah norm variable …

Despite significant improvement in female schooling over the last two decades, only a small proportion of women in … regression results show that even after accounting for human capital endowments, women are systematically less likely to … significant and negative effect on women's participation in paid work. We do not find any evidence that purdah norm variable …