the demand and suppoly for labor-intensive care. Many economists have argued that aging will raise the market demand for … long-term care, and hence price and quantity through classic market effects. We argue that the direct effect of aging is to … lower the demand for market care by incresing the supply of home production. By influencing the length of frail lifetimes …

the demand and suppoly for labor-intensive care. Many economists have argued that aging will raise the market demand for … long-term care, and hence price and quantity through classic market effects. We argue that the direct effect of aging is to … lower the demand for market care by incresing the supply of home production. By influencing the length of frail lifetimes …

on the gender-specific health outcome of respondents aged 60+ at follow-up over a period of 13 years (for western Germany … analysed self-rated general health as well as the self-reported absence and prevalence of specific diseases which are directly …-up in order to control for selection effects to the health outcome. The analysis was separated by sex to account for gender …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the role of childbearing history in later life health … better self-rated health in Western German mothers and fathers aged 50+, but its relationship with Eastern German women …'s physical health and survival is negative. Early motherhood is paralleled by poorer physical health in West Germany, whereas …

Biased longevity expectations will lead to suboptimal decisions regarding saving, retirement, annuitization and health … explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health …

income, relative income (i.e. how individual income compares to those of peers), individual health, and relative health … contribute to these inequalities. The analysis focuses on the population aged 50 and over, using data from the ‘Survey of Health …, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe’ and the ‘Health and Retirement Study’ for the US. All countries display some socioeconomic …