Increasing the employment of older working-age adults can entail numerous benefits, including higher individual incomes, higher future pension entitlements, stimulation and retention of cognitive skills, and better mental health. Policy makers must implement interventions designed to encourage...

Using data from the European Social Survey 1 (2002) and 9 (2018) we show the development of self-rated health in 17 countries for pre-retirement and post-retirement cohorts. We find a considerable increase of older people reporting good or very good health between 2002 and 2018; this increase is...