Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals

1. "Giving with a warm hand: evidence on estate planning and inter-vivos transfers" (with Eduard Suari-Andreu, Rob Alessie and Raun van Ooijen), 2024, Economic Policy, forthcoming. 

2. "The economic costs of informal care: estimates from a national cross-sectional survey in the Netherlands" (with Saif Elayan, Erik Buskens and Alice de Boer), 2024, European Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming. 

3. "Using data on biomarkers and siblings to study early-life economic determinants of type-2 diabetes" (with Rob Alessie, Gerard van den Berg, Gianmaria Niccodemi, and Jochen Mierau), 2024, Health Economics 33, 1266-1283. 

4. "Cohort profile: the ENTWINE iCohort study, a multinational  and longitudinal web-based study of informal care" (with Saif Elayan, Valerie Morrison and many others), 2024, PLOS ONE 19, e0294106.

5. "Health and well-being spillovers of a partner's cancer diagnosis" (with Joan Costa-Font), 2023, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 212, 422-437.

6. "Exposure in utero to adverse events and health late-in-life: evidence from China" (with Juyang Wang and Rob Alessie), 2023, Health Economics 32, 541-557.

7. "Parental housing wealth and children's marriage prospects in China - evidence from CHARLS" (with Ya Gao and Rob Alessie), 2023, Review of Economics of the Household 21, 615-644.

8. "Population health differences in cross-border regions within the European Union and Schengen area: a protocol for a scoping review" (with Sophie Stroisch, Tobias Vogt and Sebastian Schnettler), 2023, BMJ Open 13, e068571.

9. "The long-term consequences of a golden nest" (with Marco Bertoni and Guglielmo Weber), 2022, Demography 59, 857-875.

10. "A multinational longitudinal study incorporating intensive methods to examine caregiver experiences in the context of chronic health conditions: protocol of the ENTWINE-iCohort" (with Valerie Morrison, Mariet Hagedoorn and many others), 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, 821. 

11. "Lifelines COVID-19 cohort: investigating COVID-19 infection and its health and societal impacts in a Dutch population-based cohort" (with Katherine Mc Intyre, Lude Franke and many others), BMJ Open 11, e044474.

12. "Physical and psychological health at adolescence and home care use later in life (with Govert Bijwaard, Rob Alessie and L.H. Lumey), 2021, PLOS ONE 16(12), e0261078.

13. "Moral hazard and selection for voluntary deductibles" (with Rob Alessie, Jochen Mierau and Laura Viluma), 2020, Health Economics 29, 1251-1269.

14. "Can temptation explain housing choices over the life cycle?" (with Alessandro Bucciol, Matthew Wakefield and Guglielmo Weber), 2020, Manchester School 88, 229-261. Media: SHARE Blog. 

15. "The ant or the grasshopper? The long-term consequences of unilateral divorce laws on savings of European households" (with Marco Bertoni, Luca Stella and Christoph Weiss), 2019, European Economic Review 119, 97-113.

16. "Economic conditions at birth and cardiovascular disease risk in adulthood: evidence from new cohorts" (with Rob Alessie, Gerard van den Berg, Jochen Mierau and Laura Viluma), 2019, Social Science & Medicine 224, 77-84.

17. "The retirement-savings puzzle reviewed: the role of housing and bequests" (with Eduard Suari-Andreu and Rob Alessie), 2019, Journal of Economic Surveys 33, 195-225.

18. "Economic downturns and infant health" (with Rob Alessie, Jochen Mierau and Laura Viluma), 2018, Economics & Human Biology 30, 162-171.

19. "Childhood socioeconomic status and late-adulthood mental health: results from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe" (with Dan Howdon and Jochen Mierau), 2019, Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences 74, 95-104. Media: SHARE Blog.

20. "The effect of the Winter Fuel Payment on household temperature and health: a regression discontinuity design study" (with Michael Daly, Mirko Moro, Maria Navarro Paniagua, Elanor Sidman, Ian Walker and Matthew Weldon), 2019, Public Health Research 7(1).

21. "Does paternal unemployment affect young adult offspring's personality?" (with Marco Bertoni and Luca Corazzini), 2018, Journal of Human Capital 12, 542-567. Media: Die Welt.

22. "Late-life health effects of teenage motherhood" (with Jochen Mierau), 2018, Demographic Research 39, 1081-1104.

23. "The relationship between diabetes, diabetes-related complications and productive activities among older Europeans" (with Beatriz Rodriguez-Sanchez, Rob Alessie and Talitha Feenstra), 2018, European Journal of Health Economics 19, 719-734

24. "Dispositional optimism and stock investments" (with Danilo Cavapozzi), 2017, Journal of Economic Psychology 59, pp. 113-128.

25. "Unpacking the determinants of life satisfaction: a survey experiment" (with Marco Bertoni and Luca Corazzini), 2017, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A 180, pp. 225-246. See also: "Are You Satisfied Now?" (with Marco Bertoni and Luca Corazzini), 2017, Significance 13, pp. 8-9.

26. "Diabetes-associated factors as predictors of nursing home admission and costs in the elderly across Europe" (with Beatriz Rodriguez-Sanchez, Talitha Feenstra and Rob Alessie), 2017, Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 18, pp. 74-82.

27. "Associations between childhood parental mental health difficulties and depressive symptoms in late adulthood: the influence of life-course socioeconomic, health and lifestyle factors" (with Bart Klijs, Jochen Mierau and Nynke Smidt), 2016, PLOS ONE 11(12), e0167703.

28. "The role of life course socioeconomic and lifestyle factors in the intergenerational transmission of the metabolic syndrome: results from the LifeLines Cohort Study" (with Bart Klijs, Jochen Mierau and Nynke Smidt), 2016, International Journal of Epidemiology 45, pp. 1236-1246.

29. "Life satisfaction of immigrants: does cultural assimilation matter?" (with Laura Casi and Luca Corazzini), 2015, Journal of Population Economics 28, pp. 817-844. See also our blog contributions: Openpop.org and Centro Studi Luca D'Agliano.

30. "Do Danes and Italians rate life satisfaction in the same way? Using vignettes to correct for individual-specific scale biases" (with Danilo Cavapozzi, Luca Corazzini and Omar Paccagnella), 2014, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 76, pp. 643-666.

31. "Is it true love? Altruism versus exchange in time and money transfers" (with Rob Alessie and Giacomo Pasini), 2014, De Economist 162, pp. 193-213.

32. "The dynamics of home-ownership among the 50+ in Europe" (with Agar Brugiavini and Guglielmo Weber), 2014, Journal of Population Economics 27, pp. 797-823.

33. "Born at the right time? Childhood health and the business cycle" (with Jochen Mierau), 2014, Social Science & Medicine 109, pp. 35-43. Media coverage: The Times, Pacific Standard. 1000th publication using SHARE data, Southern California Public Radio.

34. "Pension wealth and household savings in Europe: evidence from SHARELIFE" (with Rob Alessie and Peter van Santen), 2013, European Economic Review 63, pp. 308-328.

35. "Parental altruism and nest leaving in Europe: evidence from a retrospective survey" (with Anne Laferrère), 2013, Review of Economics of the Household 11, pp. 393-420.

36. "Home-ownership in Europe: how did it happen?" (with Anne Lafferère and Guglielmo Weber), 2013, Advances in Life Course Research 18, pp. 83-90.

37. "Residential mobility of the European elderly" (with Anne Laferrère), 2012, CESifo Economic Studies 58, pp. 544-569.

38. "Age, health and life satisfaction among older Europeans" (with Danilo Cavapozzi, Luca Corazzini and Omar Paccagnella), 2012, Social Indicators Research 105, pp. 293-308.

39. "Cross-country differentials in work disability reporting among older Europeans" (with Danilo Cavapozzi and Omar Paccagnella), 2012, Social Indicators Research 105, pp. 211-226.

40. "Dynamics of reporting work disability in Europe" (with Danilo Cavapozzi and Omar Paccagnella), 2011, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society - Series A 174, pp. 621-638.

41. "Consumption and habit formation when time horizon is finite", 2009, Economics Letters 103, pp. 113-116.

42. "Ageing and unused capacity in Europe: is there an early retirement trap?" (with Agar Brugiavini and Guglielmo Weber), 2009, Economic Policy 24, pp. 463-508.

Book Chapters

• "Socioeconomic conditions in childhood and mental health and wellbeing later in life" (with Jochen Mierau and Laura Viluma), forthcoming. In Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, edited by K.F. Zimmermann. Springer.

• "Work disability reporting among older Europeans", 2014. In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, edited by A. Michalos, pp. 7183-1786. Springer: Heidelberg.

• "Household consumption and the crisis" (with Agar Brugiavini and Guglielmo Weber), 2013. In Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations in Europe. First Results from SHARE after the Economic Crisis, edited by A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, H. Litwin and G. Weber, pp. 19-26. De Gruyter: Berlin.

• "Financial market participation and the crisis" (with Danilo Cavapozzi and Elisabetta Trevisan), 2013. In Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations in Europe. First Results from SHARE after the Economic Crisis, edited by A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, H. Litwin and G. Weber, pp. 47-54. De Gruyter: Berlin.

• "Friendship, housing environment and economic resources: what influences social network size after age 50?" (with Anne Laferrère), 2013. In Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations in Europe. First Results from SHARE after the Economic Crisis, edited by A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, H. Litwin and G. Weber, pp. 323-336. De Gruyter: Berlin.

• "Does downsizing of housing equity alleviate financial distress in old age?" (with Agar Brugiavini and Guglielmo Weber), 2011. In The Individual and the Welfare State. Life Histories in Europe, edited by A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, K. Hank and M. Schröder, pp. 93-101. Springer: Heidelberg.

• "Homeownership in old age at the crossroad between personal and national histories" (with Anne Laferrère and Guglielmo Weber), 2011. In The Individual and the Welfare State. Life Histories in Europe, edited by A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, K. Hank and M. Schröder, pp. 81-92. Springer: Heidelberg.

• "Nest leaving in Europe" (with Anne Laferrère and Giacomo Pasini), 2011. In The Individual and the Welfare State. Life Histories in Europe, edited by A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, K. Hank and M. Schröder, pp. 67-80. Springer: Heidelberg.

• "Consumption" (with Agar Brugiavini and Guglielmo Weber), 2008. In Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007) - Starting the longitudinal dimension, edited by A. Börsch-Supan, A. Brugiavini, H. Jürges, A. Kapteyn, J. Mackenbach, J. Siegrist and G. Weber, pp. 291-296. MEA: Mannheim.

• "Home, houses and residential mobility" (with Anne Laferrère), 2008. In Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007) - Starting the longitudinal dimension, edited by A. Börsch-Supan, A. Brugiavini, H. Jürges, A. Kapteyn, J. Mackenbach, J. Siegrist and G. Weber, pp. 99-107. MEA: Mannheim.

Non-English Publications

In Italian:

• "Le scelte abitative degli anziani e la domanda di reverse mortgages" (with Loriana Pelizzon and Guglielmo Weber), 2010. In Verso un nuovo sistema di architettura sociale per la famiglia, edited by A. Brugiavini and T. Jappelli, pp. 73-104. Bologna: Il Mulino.

• "I rischi delle carriere discontinue e le assicurazioni dei giovani" (with Agar Brugiavini and Giacomo Pasini), 2010. In Verso un nuovo sistema di architettura sociale per la famiglia, edited by A. Brugiavini and T. Jappelli, pp. 171-200. Bologna: Il Mulino.

In French:

• "La mobilité résidentielle des seniors en Europe" (with Anne Laferrère), 2009. Retraite et Société 58, pp. 87-107.