@techreport{Lindeboom2001Econometric,
abstract = {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.},
author = {Maarten Lindeboom and France Portrait and Gerard J. van den Berg},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {C5; I1; 330; Death; retirement; income loss; disease; depression; health indicators; widowhood; care; panel data; endogeneity; fixed effects; Psychische St\"{o}rung; Alte Menschen; \"{O}konometrisches Modell; Niederlande},
language = {eng},
number = {398},
title = {An Econometric Analysis of the Mental-Health Effects of Major Events in the Life of Elderly Individuals},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21258},
year = {2001}
}
