Online health information seeking behavior (e-HISB) is becoming increasingly common and the trend has accelerated as a result of COVID-19 pandemic when individuals strongly relied upon Internet to stay informed by exposed wider array information. Despite e-HISB having become global trend, very few empirical investigations have analyzed its potential influence on healthcare access individuals' status. In this paper, we try fill gap. We use data from second SHARE Corona Survey, supplemented...

Using the 8th wave of SHARE and Corona Survey, we investigated whether disruption parent–adult child contacts due to social distancing restrictions increased symptoms depression among old age individuals during first COVID-19 pandemic. We model relationship between mental health elderly using a recursive simultaneous equation for binary variables. Our findings show that likelihood was higher with adult children who do not live or close their parents (i.e., in same household building) whom...

Abstract Income‐related inequalities in health care access have been found several European countries, but little is known about the extent of needs‐adjusted (inequities) provision long‐term (LTC) services. This paper fills this gap: it addresses equity issues related to home services across three macro areas Europe that are highly heterogeneous terms degree public financing LTC and strength social value family ties. Using cross‐country comparative microdata from Survey Health, Ageing...

Abstract In this paper, we study how elderly individuals adjust their informal long‐term care utilization to changes in the provision of formal care. Despite is crucial design effective policies care, empirical evidence scant due lack credible identification strategies account for endogeneity We propose a novel instrument, an index that captures individuals' eligibility status programs implemented region residence. Our estimates, which are robust number different specifications, suggest...

Abstract This paper investigates whether exposure to adverse experiences during childhood, such as physical and emotional abuse, affects the likelihood of unhealthy habits later in life. The novelty our approach is twofold. First, we exploit recently published data on childhood 19 European countries from Survey Health, Ageing Retirement (SHARE), which enables us account for country-specific heterogeneity investigate long-term effects early-life circumstances (such smoking, drinking, excess...

This paper employs data from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (2004) to explore how women's empowerment is related partner's attitudes, participation in microcredit programmes a set of other socio-economic factors. We use structural equation model with categorical observed variables. get that has positive impact on both empowerment's dimensions considered, while attitudes effect weaker, proving gender community norms are likely be rooted minds regardless partners' perceptions status.

Abstract We present novel estimates of Social Security Wealth (SSW) at the individual level based on SHARE survey. Our are a rigorous methodology taking into account country-specific legislations, earning history and longevity prospects individuals. The key advantage over existing is that our measures SSW fully comparable across countries. This allows us to construct indexes redistribution enacted by pension systems in Europe. Finally, we provide descriptive evidence relationship between...

This paper explores the evolution of inequality opportunity in prevalence chronic diseases along life cycle and across different birth cohorts for individuals aged 50 or older residing 13 European countries. We adopt an ex-ante parametric approach rely on dissimilarity index as our reference metric. In addition to a commonly used set circumstances, we pay particular attention role adverse early-life conditions, such experience harm quality relationship with parents. order quantify relative...

Abstract This paper suggests that intergenerationally transmitted ancestral characteristics have a significant impact on attitudes toward immigration. Using sub-population of second-generation immigrants from the European Social Survey (ESS), we find historical and linguistic factors contributed to weaker long-term orientation higher risk aversion are associated with greater concern, especially among medium- low-skilled workers, about economic consequences immigration admission poorer...

Online health information seeking behavior (e-HISB) is becoming increasingly common and the trend has accelerated as a result of COVID-19 pandemic when individuals strongly relied upon Internet to stay informed by exposed wider array information. Despite e-HISB having become global trend, very few empirical investigations have analyzed its potential impact on healthcare access individuals' status. In this paper, we try fill gap. We use data from second SHARE Corona Survey estimate recursive...

Women continue to be underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), which represent an important well-remunerated set occupations that are expected grow significance future. In this paper, we show phenomenon is deeply rooted historical processes have contributed emergence persistence gender roles stereotypes transmitted down children by their parents or society at large. Using a sub-population second-generation immigrants from European Social...

Although economic literature has recently started to concentrate on the design, scope and regulations of main public programmes Long-Term-Care in Europe, no analysis have, so far, compared different systems terms their degree inclusiveness with respect vulnerable elderly's health status. Focusing several European countries, this paper investigate how LTC assess vulnerability, as well they define a minimum level objective-dependency that would entitle individuals receive benefits (in-kind or...

In the context of an unprecedented aging process, role domiciliary care for older adults is becoming increasingly essential. order to design effective and proactive policies formal elderly-care, it crucial understand how vulnerable elderly individuals would adjust their informal long-term utilization changes in formal-care provision. Although theoretical frameworks have been proposed, showing that a positive relationship could arise when exhibit excess demand care, empirical evidence scant,...

In this paper we show that individual preferences for immigration are also shaped by specific non-economic factors. order to account differences in a broader sense, rely on linguistic relativity hypothesis according which grammatical structures may induce speakers of distinct languages conceptualize and experience the world differently (Sapir, 1921; Whorf Carroll, 1964). Linguistic variation is measured means marker based number categories (moods) concerned with expression uncertainty. We...

The UK imports many doctors from abroad, where medical training and experience may differ. This study aims to understand how drug prescription behaviour varies in English GP practices with higher shares of foreign-trained GPs. Results indicate that general prac- tices a high proportion GPs trained outside the UK, there are prescriptions for antibiotics, mental health medication, analgesics, antacids, statins, while controlling patient practice characteristics. However, we found no...