Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207130 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 1902
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Linz
Abstract: 
We use data from wave 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to construct an individual-level index of active ageing for people aged between 50 and 90 years. We develop nine sub-indices for different dimensions, which are then aggregated to the final index. This individual-level index allows to analyze inequalities between age cohorts, dimensions, countries, and other individual-characteristics that are covered by SHARE. We focus on differences between the sexes. Overall women score lower than men with 54.9 index-points compared to 57.7 for men. We present gender differences in active ageing for some sub-populations as a showcase for this new individual-level index.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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