Research publications

Childhood health and differences in late-life health outcomes between England and the United States, James Banks, Zoë Oldfield and James Smith , Investigations in the Economics of Aging , pp321-339. University of Chicago Press , June 2012 (Journal Articles)

Distinctive Biological Correlates of Positive Psychological Well-Being in Older Men and Women., Andrew Steptoe, Panos Demakakos, Cesar d'Oliveira and Jane Wardle , Pychosomatic Medicine , Vol. 74, No 5, pp 501-8 , June 2012 (Journal Articles)

The effect of education on old age cognitive abilities: evidence from a regression discontinuity design, James Banks and Fabrizio Mazzonna , Economic Journal , Vol. 122, Issue 560, pp. 418–448 , May 2012 (Journal Articles)

The effect of the financial crisis on older households in England, James Banks, Rowena Crawford, Thomas F Crossley and Carl Emmerson , April 2012 (IFS Working Papers)

Retirement income and assets: the implications for retirement income of Government policies to extend working lives, Daniela Silcock, Daniel Redwood and Chris Curry , Pensions Policy Institute , pp. 1-90 , April 2012 (Journal Articles)

Socioeconomic position and the incidence of type 2 diabetes: the ELSA study, Panos Demakakos, Michael Marmot and Andrew Steptoe , European journal of Epidemiology , vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 367-78 , April 2012 (Journal Articles)

International Comparisons in Health Economics: Evidence from Aging Studies, James Banks and James Smith , Annual Review of Economics , Vol 4, pp5-81 , April 2012 (Journal Articles)

What explains the American disadvantage in health compared with the English? the case of diabetes, James Banks, Meena Kumari, James Smith and Paola Zaninotto , Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 259-264 , March 2012 (Journal Articles)

Does retirement trigger ill health?, S. Behncke , Health Economics , Vol.21, No. 3, pp. 282-300 , March 2012 (Journal Articles)

Association between low functional health literacy and mortality in older adults: longitudinal cohort study, Sophie Bostock and Andrew Steptoe , British Medical Journal , doi:10.1136/bmj.e.1602 , March 2012 (Journal Articles)