TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lindeboom, Maarten
AU  - Portrait, France
AU  - Berg, Gerard J. van den
        TI  - An Econometric Analysis of the Mental-Health Effects of Major Events in the Life of Elderly Individuals
        PY  - 2001/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 398
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp398
        AB  - Major events in the life of an elderly individual, such as retirement, a significant decrease in income, death of the spouse, disability, and a move to a nursing home, may affect the mental health status of the individual. For example, the individual may enter a prolonged depression. We investigate this using unique longitudinal panel data that track labor market behavior, health status, and major life events, over time. To deal with endogenous aspects of these events we apply fixed effects estimation methods. We find some strikingly large effects of certain events on the occurrence of depression. We show that the results are of importance for the design of health care and labor market policy towards the elderly.
        KW  - panel data
KW  - care
KW  - widowhood
KW  - health indicators
KW  - depression
KW  - disease
KW  - income loss
KW  - retirement
KW  - Death
KW  - endogeneity
KW  - fixed effects
        ER  -