SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN EUROPE
The occurrence of non-communicable diseases is higher in socioeconomically disadvantaged people, but little is known about socio-economic inequalities in those diseases. Using SHARE data we found that the wealth-related inequality [...]
THE ROLE OF CHILDHOOD POVERTY IN COGNITIVE AGEING
Just like the body, our mind ages as well. The principal faculties of our mind, cognitive functions, include the ability to remember, plan and reason and are crucial to maintain [...]
FAIRNESS AND ELIGIBILITY TO LONG-TERM CARE
In contrast with the case of health care, distributional fairness of long-term care services in Europe has received limited attention. Given its increased relevance in the social policy agenda it [...]
MEMORY DEFICITS PRECEDE INCREASES IN DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN LATER ADULTHOOD
We examined bidirectional, time-ordered associations between age-related changes in depressive symptoms and memory. Depressive symptoms increased and memory scores decreased across the observed age range, with worsening mostly evident after [...]
HEALTHY AGEING STARTS FROM CHILDHOOD
Using SHARE data we find that poor health and socioeconomic status during childhood have a long term influence on health at older ages. A substantial part of this effect is [...]
WOMEN SHOW COGNITIVE ADVANTAGE IN GENDER-EQUAL COUNTRIES
There are gender differences in cognition across countries, but what are the causal drivers? Gender differences in cognition are the result of biopsychosocial interactions throughout the life course. Social-cognitive theory [...]