appears small is that there are events within marriage that can also affect insurance coverage, such as retirement or health …We have found modest effects of widowhood events on loss of health insurance. There are also modest effects of …, however, are not random with respect to initial conditions. Both initial health insurance status and risk of future widowhood …

paper, we use two sets of individual survey data to study the role of health and financial incentives in early retirement … decisions in Germany, in particular disability benefit uptake. We show that financial incentives to retire do affect sick … those who are not already age-eligible for an old-age pension and who are deemed unable to work for health reasons. In this …

paper, we use two sets of individual survey data to study the role of health and financial incentives in early retirement … decisions in Germany, in particular disability benefit uptake. We show that financial incentives to retire do affect sick … those who are not already age-eligible for an old-age pension and who are deemed unable to work for health reasons. In this …

This paper estimates the causal effect of income on health outcomes of the elderly and investigates underlying … measures of physical health, cognitive function, and psychological well-being of the rural elderly, and also reduced mortality … pension income in multiple ways: improved nutrition intake, better accessibility to health care, increased informal care …

health (11-14 percent). In addition, among the age-ineligible adults, the pension scheme shifts them from farming to non …-farming work, lowers insurance participation rate, but does not change income, expenditure or health significantly. Finally, among … the children aged below 15, the pension scheme leads to more pocket money received, more caring from grandparents …