Journal of the Economics of Ageing最新文献

Navigating healthcare for older adults after a chronic illness diagnosis: Evidence from China 慢性病诊断后老年人的医疗保健导航：来自中国的证据

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100568

Yuanyuan Ma , Wenyuan Zheng , Zhiyong Huang

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Growing old in rural America: Measuring late-life health and economic well-being 美国农村的老龄化：衡量晚年健康和经济福祉

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100565

Yuulin An , Sayorn Chin , Ray Miller

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Early-life transfers for education and marriage and children’s old-age support: Time or money? 为教育、婚姻和子女养老而进行的早期生活转移：时间还是金钱？

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100562

Ziwei Rao , Max Groneck , Rob Alessie

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Longevity gains and the internal rate of return of PAYG pension plans – Evidence for 17 OECD countries 现收现付养老金计划的寿命收益和内部收益率——来自17个经合组织国家的证据

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100567

Bram Groenewoud, Eduard Ponds

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Social engagement and health in an aging society: Impact of Basic Old-Age Pension in Korea 老龄化社会的社会参与与健康：韩国基本养老金的影响

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100566

Hoolda Kim

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Designing and implementing an older people-specific multidimensional poverty measure: An application to a middle-income country 设计和实施针对老年人的多维贫困衡量标准：在中等收入国家的应用

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100563

Jhonatan Clausen , Nicolas Barrantes , Micaela Salcedo

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Occupations and retirement across countries 不同国家的职业和退休情况

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100561

Philip Sauré , Arthur Seibold , Elizaveta Smorodenkova , Hosny Zoabi

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The causal effect of working from home on mental health of 50+ Europeans 在家工作对50多个欧洲人心理健康的因果影响

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100560

Marco Bertoni , Danilo Cavapozzi , Giacomo Pasini , Caterina Pavese

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COVID-19 and domiciliary care utilisation: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing COVID-19与居家护理利用：来自英国老龄化纵向研究的证据

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100552

Anastasia Arabadzhyan , Nikita Jacob , Panagiotis Kasteridis , Anne Mason , Nigel Rice

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Income and well-being in old age: The role of local contextual factors 老年收入与幸福感：地方背景因素的作用

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100551

Michał Myck , Monika Oczkowska , Ellam Kulati

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