Becoming Oldest-Old: Evidence from Historical U.S. Data

Becoming Oldest-old: Evidence

Competition and Ideological Diversity: Historical Evidence from US Newspapers

Supplemental appendix tables A.1 and A.2 evaluate the fit of the model to the reduced-form regressions presented in the paper. To evaluate model fit, we repeatedly simulate data from the estimated model and run the same regression on the simulated data that we run on the empirical samples. We average coefficients and standard errors across simulation replications. Supplemental appendix figure A...

The Effect of Old-age Insurance on Male Retirement: Evidence from Historical Cross-country Data

I examine the effect of Old-Age Insurance systems on the labour supply of older men. Male retirement ages are crucial to the solvency of OAI systems. Historical data on participation rates and OAI rules in thirteen developed countries show rapid falls in participation among men aged 60-4 after pensions were extended to them. I estimate participation elasticities of -0.06 with respect to replace...

Neuropsychological data in nondemented oldest old: the 90+ Study.

Although the oldest old are the fastest growing segment of the population, little is known about their cognitive performance. Our aim was to compile a relatively brief test battery that could be completed by a majority of individuals aged 90 or over, compensates for sensory losses, and incorporates previously validated, standardized, and accessible instruments. Means, standard deviations, and p...

What matters for life satisfaction among the oldest-old? Evidence from China

OBJECTIVE The world population is aging rapidly and the well-being of older people is of great interest. Therefore, this study investigates the determinants of life satisfaction among the oldest-old (i.e. individuals aged 80 or over) in China. MATERIALS AND METHODS We use the 2011/2012 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey data (n = 6530) for this paper. Logistic regression is used to...