Europe

The Survey of Healthy Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a research infrastructure for studying the effects of health, social, economic and environmental policies over the life-course of European citizens and beyond. The SHARE contains various types of data, including data of participants’ health status, economic status, social status, psychological status, lifestyle, and biomarker. The study is led by the Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA), which is part of the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy in Germany, and funded by the European Commission and NIA.