000161869 001__ 161869 000161869 005__ 20251017144616.0 000161869 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100591 000161869 0248_ $$2sideral$$a144481 000161869 037__ $$aART-2025-144481 000161869 041__ $$aeng 000161869 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1081-4107$$aBelloc, Ignacio$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000161869 245__ $$aWhen wealth hurts: Inheritances and the health of older Europeans 000161869 260__ $$c2025 000161869 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000161869 5203_ $$aWe study the impact of inheritances on physical and mental health outcomes, using a longitudinal, cross-country dataset covering 16 European countries over 2004–2017. The results show that the receipt of an inheritance is negatively associated with BMI and being obese among women. We also find evidence of an increase in the probability of experiencing depressive symptoms among women following an inheritance. When we account for individual heterogeneity, we find that the receipt of an inheritance increases the probability of being depressed by 2.3 percentage points among women. This finding is driven by unexpected inheritances and female heirs who are less educated, unmarried, unemployed, and living in Southern European countries. In addition, the receipt of an inheritance increases the probability of women engaging in vigorous and moderate physical activities by 2.6 and 2 percentage points, respectively. 000161869 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 000161869 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000161869 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9437-4606$$aMolina, José Alberto$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000161869 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-0553-6360$$aVelilla, Jorge$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000161869 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000161869 773__ $$g32 (2025), 100591 [21 pp.]$$pJ. econ. ageing$$tJournal of the Economics of Ageing$$x2212-828X 000161869 8564_ $$s1456081$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/161869/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000161869 8564_ $$s2487951$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/161869/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000161869 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:161869$$particulos$$pdriver 000161869 951__ $$a2025-10-17-14:19:29 000161869 980__ $$aARTICLE