the relationship between self-rated health and mortality for Germany. In addition the GSOEP data enable an exploration of …Empirical evidence from several countries reveals that self-rated health is a valid predictor of mortality. So far …, there have been no studies conducted for Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP) we confirm …

individuals and (ii) changes in self-rated health, as predictors of mortality for Germany. Methods: A sub-sample of 3 … a valid predictor of mortality in Germany, adding previously self-rated health has no effect on explaining the …Background: Studies from several countries have shown that self-rated health is an independent predictor of mortality …

health policy makers? By health inequalities we mainly refer to differences in morbidity and mortality between socio …The paper focuses on the following question: What is known about the existence and the extent of health inequalities …, their explanations and potential ways to reduce them, by members of the lower social class, by health professionals and by …

psychological buffer against health shocks in adulthood. To identify behavioural differences in labour supply, I focus on a selected … group of full-time employed men of working age and similar health. Men with negative control beliefs, relative to men with … positive beliefs, are 230-290% more likely to work part-time or drop out of the labour market after a health shock. In old age …

examining whether and how levels of and changes in life satisfaction prospectively predict mortality hazards and delineate the … role of contributing factors, including health, perceived control, and social orientation. To do so, we applied shared … showed that lower levels and steeper declines of life satisfaction each uniquely predicted higher mortality risks. Results …

explain the connection. The health behaviour of the children and the health accumulated over the life course appear as …

The socio-economic gradient in health remains a controversial topic in economics and other social sciences. In this … paper we develop a new duration model that allows for unobserved persistent individual-specific health shocks and provides … leads to a 12% decline in the probability of death. We find a large role for unobserved health shocks, with 5-years of …