Using panel data extracted from wave 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, this paper investigates the impact of unemployment on health outcomes of the European elderly during the period 2004 to 2015. Various estimators with panel fixed-effects are employed...

Using panel data extracted from wave 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, this paper investigates the impact of unemployment on health outcomes of the European elderly during the period 2004 to 2015. Various estimators with panel fixed–effects are employed...

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children’s labor market out- comes. We focus on health shocks which increase care dependency abruptly. Our estimation strategy exploits the variation in the timing of shocks across treated families. Empirical results based on Austrian...

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which increase care dependency abruptly. Our estimation strategy exploits the variation in the timing of shocks across treated families. Empirical results based on Austrian...

We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which increase care dependency abruptly. Our estimation strategy exploits the variation in the timing of shocks across treated families. Empirical results based on Austrian...

A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called "health-wealth gradient", is repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study analyzes causality from health to wealth (health...

The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...

The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...