161869 20251017144616.0 doi 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100591 sideral 144481 ART-2025-144481 eng Belloc, Ignacio Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-1081-4107 When wealth hurts: Inheritances and the health of older Europeans 2025 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted We 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. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Molina, José Alberto Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9437-4606 Velilla, Jorge Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-0553-6360 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 32 (2025), 100591 [21 pp.] J. econ. ageing Journal of the Economics of Ageing 2212-828X 1456081 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/161869/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2487951 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/161869/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:161869 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:19:29 ARTICLE