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Socio-Economic Inequalities in Tobacco Consumption of the Older Adults in China: A Decomposition Method
Si, Yafei; Zhou, Zhongliang; Su, Min; Wang, Xiao; Li, Dan; … - 2018
. Data came from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2013, involving 17,663 respondents aged 45 and above …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931673
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Fatal Attraction? Extended Unemployment Benefits, Labor Force Exits, and Mortality
Kuhn, Andreas; Staubli, Stefan; Wuellrich, Jean-Philippe; … - 2018
problem of negative health selection into early retirement, we exploit a policy change in unemployment insurance rules in …-eligible regions. Using administrative data with precise information on mortality and retirement, we find that the policy change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931816
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Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples : Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; van Soest, Arthur - 2004
couples in the US. Using six biennial waves of couples aged 51-61 in 1992 from the Health and Retirement Study, we compare the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262057
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Compression of morbidity and the labor supply of older people
Romeu Gordo, Laura - 2006
Retirement Study and analyzes the effects of this on the labor supply of older people. We find younger cohorts to suffer less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266819
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Analysis of health and longevity in oldest-old population: a health capital approach
Zhao, Zhong - 2005
Using 2002 cross-sectional data and 1998, 2000, 2002 three waves of panel data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey, we study health in oldest old population. We measure health using the Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and in term of mortality. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267483
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The role of marriage in the causal pathway from economic conditions early in life to mortality
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Gupta, Sumedha - 2011
This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815-2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274590
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Children's Residential Proximity, Spousal Presence and Dementia Risk
Lin, Zhuoer; Yin, Xuecheng; Levy, Becca R.; Yuan, Yue; … - 2024
from the Health and Retirement Study (1995-2018). Family support was categorized by spousal presence and children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014530471
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Children's Residential Proximity, Spousal Presence and Dementia Risk
Lin, Zhuoer; Yin, Xuecheng; Levy, Becca R.; Yuan, Yue; … - 2024
from the Health and Retirement Study (1995-2018). Family support was categorized by spousal presence and children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567535
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The Health Implications of Social Pensions: Evidence from China's New Rural Pension Scheme
Cheng, Lingguo; Liu, Hong; Zhang, Ye; Zhao, Zhong - 2016
This paper estimates the causal effect of income on health outcomes of the elderly and investigates underlying mechanisms by exploiting an income change induced by the launch of China's New Rural Pension scheme (NRPS). Using this policy experiment, we address the endogeneity of pension income by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451201
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Diabetes and Labor Market Exits: Evidence from the Health & Retirement Study (HRS)
Chatterji, Pinka; Joo, Heesoo; Lahiri, Kajal - 2016
1992-2010 Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We estimate a discrete time hazard model to test whether diabetes affects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451453