Studies in social sciences adopting the life course approach have shown that the sequencing, timing, and duration of events in the work, partnership, and fertility domains shape health in late adulthood and old age.   Drawing from several ongoing empirical contributions, the lecture discusses two advances in the field: first, the explicit inclusion of partners’ life courses, that are currently absent or, at best, indirectly captured through individuals’ own life

A presentation by Kim Weeden (Cornell). This event is part of the Social Policy Research Colloquium. For registration, and if you have any questions, please send an email to socialpolicygroup@hertie-school.org. For the registration, please click here.