Spain, like the whole European Union (EU), is suffering a dramatic ageing process, while older workers (55-64 years) have high inactivity rates. In this sense, the promotion of active ageing will be necessary to guarantee the financial sustainability of pension systems as well as general...

Using individual-level panel data from European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (2007-2010) we explore to what extend wage differentials across European countries are explained by differences in education, actual experience and health. The human capital literature suggests an...

We investigate how early life circumstances - - childhood health and socioeconomic status (SES) - - are associated with labor market outcomes over an individual's entire life cycle. A life cycle approach provides insights not only into which labor market outcomes are associated with adverse...

We investigate how early life circumstances - childhood health and socioeconomic status (SES) - are associated with labor market outcomes over an individualś entire life cycle. A life cycle approach provides insights not only into which labor market outcomes are associated with adverse...