Major events in the life of an elderly individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the … spouse, disability, and a move toa nursing home, may affect the mental health status of the individual. Forexample, the … behavior,health status, and major life events, over time. To deal with endogenousaspects of these events we apply fixed effects …

This study aims to evaluate the effects of selected key factors on health outcomes. Unfortunately, statistical … for health determinant analysis may be lacking or overlooked. Using two different databases, we obtained data from 61 … paper contributes to the health economics debate by statistically testing the relationship between health outcomes and …

to examine the health capacity to work at aged 50 and above. This study finds that, first, the health status of the … participation rate has not seen an equivalent increase alongside the improvement in health. Second, the gap in labor force …

methods for making health inequality comparisons. Findings suggest significant differences in health inequality measurement … wealth. However, health status is generally measured as a categorical variable expressing a qualitative order. Traditional … policy analysis. We also bring to the data a recently proposed approach to measuring self-reported health inequality that …