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Health in later life is shaped by behavior and policies over the life course and reflects the differences between the societies in which we are ageing. This multidisciplinary book answers questions from all life course phases and its interconnections from a European perspective based on the most recent SHARE data.

Intro -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1 Social, health, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the epidemiological control measures -- Part I Quality of health care -- 2 Persistence of limited access to health care for older Europeans in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic -- 3 The impact of unmet health care needs on self-assessed health and functional limitations during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic -- 4 Inequality of opportunity in the risk of suffering from persistent symptoms of COVID-19 -- 5 Economic and health system policies during the pandemic and the mental health of older adults -- Part II Health and health behaviours in the pandemic -- 6 Personal contact with other people and mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic -- 7 Developments in feelings of loneliness and depression among older adults in Europe and Israel during the pandemic -- 8 Longitudinal changes in mental health following the first COVID-19 lockdown in Europe -- 9 Precautionary behaviour and behavioural risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the second SHARE Corona survey -- 10 Risk factors of post COVID-19 condition attributed to COVID-19 disease in people aged 50+ in Europe and Israel -- 11 Sex differences in activity and mental health changes following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe -- Part III Employment and labour market during the pandemic -- 12 Did the pandemic change retirement trends? -- 13 Short-time employment aid during the COVID-19 lockdown: Shortand long-run effectiveness -- 14 Work interruptions and medium-term labour market outcomes of older workers during the COVID-19 pandemic -- 15 What is the future of (remote) work? -- 16 Changes in work performance and work losses during the COVID-19 pandemic -- 17 Containment measures and job loss: Evidence from SHARE CORONA surveys.

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major threat to the well-being of older Europeans. Its economic and social effects, however, varied across countries. This multidisciplinary book presents the first results of analyses that combined the renowned longitudinal database of SHARE with new data from two telephone surveys that were uniquely conducted during the pandemic. The analyses address important policy-related issues, such as: Did social distancing destabilize family and social support networks? Did the pandemic increase health, social and economic inequality? Who had to forego essential health care because of the pandemic? Did lockdown affect one's physical and mental health? Did the shift towards remote work affect workload and well-being? Were different housing conditions related to the spread of the virus? ; The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major threat to the well-being of older Europeans. Its economic and social effects, however, varied across countries. This multidisciplinary book presents the first results of analyses that combined the renowned longitudinal database of SHARE with new data from two telephone surveys that were uniquely conducted during the pandemic. The analyses address important policy-related issues, such as: Did social distancing destabilize family and social support networks? Did the pandemic increase health, social and economic inequality? Who had to forego essential health care because of the pandemic? Did lockdown affect one's physical and mental health? Did the shift towards remote work affect workload and well-being? Were different housing conditions related to the spread of the virus?

In recent years, the retirement age for public pensions has increased across many countries, and additional increases are in progress or under discussion in many more. The seventh stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security programs and labor force participation, Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: The Capacity to Work at Older Ages explores people's capacity to work beyond the current retirement age. It brings together an international team of scholars from twelve countries—Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States—to analyze this issue. Contributors find that many—but not all—individuals have substantial capacity to work at older ages. However, they also consider how policymakers might divide gains in life expectancy between years of work and retirement, as well as the main impediments to longer work life. They consider factors that influence the demand for older workers, as well as the evolution of health and disability status, which may affect labor supply from the older population