-communicable diseases, including dementia, are increasingly prevalent, but our understanding of cognitive health is quite limited. Recent … fact that women are traditionally not given equal access to education, health services, economic opportunity, and social … explained by disparities in education, health and social engagement in southern India. However, female disadvantage persisted in …

-educated caregivers have the knowledge and skills to safeguard their children's health and stimulate their cognitive development. In …

’ labour force participation, cognitive ability, and health in a simple theoretical model, and estimates the effects of … in countries with few formal care alternatives. Furthermore, caregivers in all countries suffer from worse mental health … when caregiving is prompted by poor parental health. The results for the effects of caregiving on physical health and …

this paper uses the European SHARE survey. Results are essentially fivefold. First, physical health and cognitive … performance deteriorate with age. Second, the 50-54 employment rate is negatively impacted by ill health, less so by poor … cognition. Third, ill health affects employment much more than hours. Fourth, there is no evidence of health justification bias …

the health/cognitive capacity to work longer? This paper asks how much older individuals (55-75) could work if they worked … as much as their younger (50-54) counterparts in similar health/with equal cognition. It uses international, European …, comparable panel evidence available in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). It considers both physical …