An econometric analysis of the mental-health effects of major events in the life of older individuals

Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 505-520

  Lindeboom, Maarten ^a,b   Portrait, France ^a   Van Den Berg, Gerard J ^a,b,c,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Care; Death; Depression; Disease; Endogeneity; Fixed effects; Health indicators; Income loss; Panel data; Retirement; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; TIME;

EID: 0036741089     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.746     Document Type: Article

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