attention to the role of health status. We estimate probit models of retirement using data from SHARE. The results show that … health and incentives matter in the decision to exit from the labor market. Based on these results, we simulate the effect of …

We explore the link between health indicators and employment rates of the population aged 55 or more. Our focus lies on … work capacity as a key determinant of employment. Using cohort mortality information as a proxy for overall health outcomes … individual-level objective and subjective health and socioeconomic parameters as predictors …

English Abstract We use SHARE data from eight European countries to measure the evolution of health of middle …-aged individuals over time. In contrast to earlier findings in Europe, we observe a stalling health trend for individuals of later year … of birth using an index measuring health deficits. We even observe a slightly negative trend for men and large …

this paper uses the European SHARE survey. Results are essentially fivefold. First, physical health and cognitive … performance deteriorate with age. Second, the 50-54 employment rate is negatively impacted by ill health, less so by poor … cognition. Third, ill health affects employment much more than hours. Fourth, there is no evidence of health justification bias …

the health/cognitive capacity to work longer? This paper asks how much older individuals (55-75) could work if they worked … as much as their younger (50-54) counterparts in similar health/with equal cognition. It uses international, European …, comparable panel evidence available in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). It considers both physical …

those individuals with the highest remaining earnings potential are least affected by the health shock. Welfare state … of health shocks on employment and economic wellbeing of older workers. A health shock trebles the probability of leaving … the labor force and almost doubles the unemployment risk. The financial effects of health shocks are small on average and …