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30. Life expectancy and health investments

From the book Health and socio-economic status over the life course
Marco Bertoni, Andrea Bonfatti, Martina Celidoni, Angela Crema and Chiara Dal Bianco
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110617245-030
From the book
Health and socio-economic status over the life course
Health and socio-economic status over the life course

Chapters in this book (43)

Frontmatter
Contents
Editors
Contributors
1. A spotlight on health and life courses in Europe using SHARE Waves 6 and 7
2. Personality, age and the well-being of older Europeans
3. Personality and physical health among older Europeans
4. Personality traits and financial behaviour
5. Relationships with parents in childhood and well-being in later life
6. Effects of adverse childhood experiences on mental well-being later in life
7. Dynamic changes in determinants of inequalities in health in Europe with a focus on retirement
8. Persistence in inequalities of frailty at older age: A comparison of nine EU countries
9. How do early-life conditions shape health age profiles late in life?
10. Tracking and educational inequality in health in later life
11. Long-term effects of different labour careers
12. The economic situation of formerly self-employed workers
13. Patterns of labour market participation and their impact on the well-being of older women
14. End-of-working-life gender wage gap: The role of health shocks, parental education and personality traits
15. Family dissolution and labour supply decisions over the life cycle
16. Working conditions and health of older workers
17. Health gap in post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe: A life-course perspective
18. What is hidden behind the ‘obvious’? SHARE data raise the curtain about health, early retirement and elderly care of ageing Bulgarians
19. The link to the past and the post-communist welfare state
20. The economic crisis, fiscal austerity and long-term care: Responses of the care mix in three adjustment countries
21. Financial and non-financial transfers from parents to adult children after the economic crisis
22. Changes in social networks and cognitive decline
23. The role of social networks and disability in survival
24. Social embeddedness of care recipients and their spousal caregivers
25. The impact of living alone on physical and mental health: Does loneliness matter?
26. Living alone in Europe and health behaviours
27. Bereavement, loneliness and health
28. The social dynamics of unmet need, catastrophic healthcare expenses and satisfaction with health insurance coverage
29. Differences in healthcare use between immigrant and local older individuals
30. Life expectancy and health investments
31. Multiple chronic conditions in older people in European countries: A network analysis approach
32. Changes in body mass and cognitive decline – disentangling a seeming paradox
33. The association between self-reported physical activity and physical performance: Does advancing age matter?
34. Grip strength across Europe –North/ South and East/West divides
35. End of life and palliative care in Europe: An exploration of SHARE data
36. Dried blood spot samples and their validation
37. Influence of fieldwork conditions and sample quality on DBS values
38. Blood collection in the field – results and lessons from the polish test study
39. Identification of cytokine and lipoprotein markers for analyses in SHARE Wave 6 dried blood spots