Topics in Empirical Economics

Intellectual approach: 3 key dimensions Social Living arrangements, partnership, family, social networks, social support Health Physical and mental, health care, disability, morbidity, mortality Economic Income security (pensions & personal wealth), retirement Longitudinal Interdisciplinary 3 Internationally comparable

Interdisciplinary 4  Some 150 researchers from demography, economics, epidemiology, gerontology, biology, medicine, psychology, public health, health policy and sociology  Structured by areas: Economics, Family/social networks, Health, and Health care  Almost 3,500 formal registrations to receive data and almost 400 publications from the above disciplines

International 5 IE PL CZ IL ES PT SV HU UK Korea Japan China India USA SE DK DE CHAT FR SP IT GR BE NL LUX  2004: 11 countries  2006/08: 15 countries  2010/12: 16 countries  plus 6 associated countries

Participating countries

Questionnaire Modules

Physical measurements and biomarkers

Longitudinal  Initial wave 2004/05  Re-interview 2006/07, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2014/15, …  Basic panel structure is longitudinally forward: every two years re- interviews and refreshers  SHARELIFE 2008/09: longitudinally retrospective: life-histories from childhood onwards  Wave 4: 2010/11: 6,000 individuals target by country  Social network module  Wave 5: 2012/13: fieldwork finish, first release June 2014  Wave 6: 2014/2015: in preparation  New biomarker: dried blood spots 10

Material  Schedule  SHARE Website:  Users’ guides (documentation): Waves 1 to 4 and Easy SHARE  Questionnaires: coverscreen, main questionnaire, showcards, drop- off, … by wave, country and language  Sample  Users’ statistics  Access to data: statement, userid, password  References: bibliography, e.g. Adam et al. (2007)  Generated and imputed variables (non response)  Weights