Based on a dynamic life cycle model, this study analyzes health-related risks of consumption and old-age poverty. The … model allows for health effects on employment risks, on productivity, on longevity, the correlation between health risks … employees and an extended expectation-maximization algorithm. Simulations suggest that health shocks induce average losses in …

This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that … gender-specific differences in health, i.e. the so-called "gender health gap", in the same age group. Self-assessed general … health in 2013 reveals no significant differences between men and women in the countries studied. However, gender …

geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede bei der Gesundheit im Alter gibt. Bei der Selbsteinschätzung der allgemeinen Gesundheit gibt es für das … zwischen Einkommen und Gesundheit misst, sprechen die Ergebnisse dafür, dass Maßnahmen zur Verringerung des Gender Pay Gaps …

This paper investigates the mechanisms behind the health effects of retirement. Using a Regression Discontinuity Design … sleep duration as well as more frequent physical exercise seem to be key mechanisms through which retirement affects health. … to exploit financial incentives in the German pension system for identification, I find that retirement improves …

the full eight waves of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) to study the relationship between retirement, health … findings that declining health is associated with an increased probability of retirement. Additionally a three-level graduated … levels and health shocks in nine European countries. The results show a consistency of effect with only small variation in …

We study the transitions from career to gradual and permanent retirement by a sample of (Continental) European males … the cross country and time variation in employment protection legislation and minimum retirement age to study whether … policies that have increased minimum retirement age and reduced the strictness of employment protection legislation have raised …

This study investigates the effects of maternal education on child's health and health behavior. We draw on a rich … effects on health behavior for adolescent daughters, but neither for adolescent sons nor for the health status of newborns. We …'s health behavior, assortative mating, household income, and child¿s schooling track as possible channels of the estimated …