PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROTECTS FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE AFTER AGE 50
Adverse childhood experiences, such as neglect and household dysfunction, can deteriorate numerous health outcomes. Investigating the nature of these effects by determining whether they are direct or explained by an [...]
IS DAILY GRANDCHILD CARE IN CONFLICT WITH GRANDPARENTS’ EMPLOYMENT? VARIATIONS ACROSS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Grandparents are generally less likely to work than non-grandparents. However, we do not know whether grandchild care provision is incompatible with grandparents’ employment. As the result from my recent study [...]
WELL-BEING AND FAMILY STRUCTURE
A person’s family structure, i.e., the presence of a partner and the presence and number of children, affects people’s social support networks. Such networks may be especially important when people [...]
HOW THE SEASON OF BIRTH AFFECTS HEALTH AND AGING
We investigate how the season of birth affects human health and aging. Forthis purpose, we use five waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset [...]
CHANGING ATTITUDES TO RISK AT OLDER AGES: THE ROLE OF HEALTH AND OTHER LIFE EVENTS
Attitudes towards risk shape a broad set of decisions relating to important outcomes such as savings and investments, labour supply, retirement, insurance, health behaviours and lifestyles. So naturally the determinants [...]
COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS OF OLDER ADULTS ARE BETTER THAN BEFORE – EVEN IN CENTRAL EUROPE
Researchers worldwide are on a quest to stop the epidemic of dementia, a disorder of old age that leads to loss of cognitive abilites and full dependency on caregivers. Optimism [...]