Childhood experience of parental affection has been shown to be influential in numerous
domains of a child's life. Using a nationally representative sample of older Americans, this …

Background Negative public attitude about welfare is known to impair feelings of self-worth
and psychological well-being in welfare recipients. What is missing in the extant literature is …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects one in ten people aged 65 or older and is the most
expensive disease in the United States. We describe the central economic questions raised …

The idea that our mental life is more sluggish in winter is apparently seductive. This article
reviews the evidence for the claim that there is a seasonal cycle in human cognition. Several …

We study how age identity (measured by the difference between chronological age and
perceived old age), influences financial planning among the older population (60+) in …

Major depression is associated with biased information processing and decision making.
Previous research suggests that people dealing with depression view the future negatively …

Much policy attention has been placed on encouraging saving behaviours to avoid financial
deprivation at older adulthood. However, optimising financial investments is highly …

This paper investigates if and how overconfidence at the individual level changes over the
course of a life. We provide age profiles of a novel continuous overconfidence measure and …

The accelerated aging of China's population will inevitably increase the burden of social
retirement and significantly impact the development of financial markets, which is not …

Cognitive ability is increasingly recognized as a significant factor influencing household
portfolio decisions. However, different cognitive abilities, such as numeracy, fluency and …