Data sets on pensions and health

Data collection and sharing for policy design

Bibliographic Data

ID9971463
AuthorsJinkook Lee (0000-0002-6209-719X, RAND Corporation, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume63
Issue3-4
Pages197-222
Publication date2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Security Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-871X • E-ISSN: 1468-246X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-246x.2010.01375.x
PMID26229178
PMCIDPMC4517614
OpenAlexW1498136953
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited17

A growing number of countries are developing or reforming pension and health policies in response to population ageing and to enhance the welfare of their citizens. The adoption of different policies by different countries has resulted in several natural experiments. These offer unusual opportunities to examine the effects of varying policies on health and retirement, individual and family behaviour, and well-being. Realizing these opportunities requires harmonized data-collection efforts. An increasing number of countries have agreed to provide data harmonized with the Health and Retirement Study in the United States. This article discusses these data sets, including their key parameters of pension and health status, research designs, samples, and response rates. It also discusses the opportunities they offer for cross-national studies and their implications for policy evaluation and development

Business · Data collection · Economics · Environmental health · Pension · Population · Population ageing · Public economics · Sociology · Welfare · Finance · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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