Health and socio-economic status over the life course

Health in later life is shaped by behavior and policies over the life course and reflects the differences between the societies in which we are ageing. This multidisciplinary book answers questions from all life course phases and its interconnections from a European perspective based on the most recent SHARE data, such as: How is our health related to personality traits and influenced by our childhood conditions and careers? Which role does our social network play? Which impacts of the different health care and societal regimes can we trace at older ages? Which are the differences and similarities across European countries?

Prof. Karen Andersen-Ranberg, Ph.D. is Professor at the Department of Clinical Research and affiliated with the Department of Public Health, both at the University of Southern Denmark. Within SHARE, Andersen-Ranberg is the SHARE area coordinator for health. Furthermore, she is an active member of the board of the European Academy for Medicine in Ageing. Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, Ph.D. is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich, Director of the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Professor at the Technical University of Munich, Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, USA, and Principal Investigator of SHARE. Prof. Agar Brugiavini, Ph.D. is Professor of Economics at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Director of the Ca'Foscari International College and the SHARE area coordinator for work and retirement. Dr. Johanna Bristle is Senior Researcher at the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Munich and is a member of the SHARE central coordination team. Prof. Florence Jusot is Professor of Economics at Paris-Dauphine University, member of the Laboratory for the Economics and Management of Health Organizations, Country Team Leader of SHARE France and SHARE area coordinator for healthcare. Prof. Howard Litwin, Ph.D. is Professor (emeritus) at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare and the founding head of the Israel Gerontological Data Center (IGDC), both at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Litwin is also the SHARE area coordinator for social networks and Country Team Leader of SHARE Israel. He is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Prof. Guglielmo Weber, Ph.D. is Professor of Econometrics at the University of Padua, Italian Country Team Leader, Vice Coordinator of SHARE and SHARE area coordinator for income and wealth.