Welcome to the SHARE BERLIN Institute (SBI)
Since 2004, SHARE has been collecting and analyzing socio-economic and biomedical data from about 160,000 Europeans aged 50 and older in 28 European countries and Israel.
SHARE, which stands for the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, investigates how social, economic, and health policy measures shape the lives of European citizens. It takes a comprehensive look at the entire life course of the respondents and is the largest pan-European social science panel study.
The SHARE BERLIN Institute provides these internationally comparable longitudinal microdata to the scientific community. Over 18,000 researchers worldwide use the SHARE infrastructure to examine the impacts of an aging society from social-medical, socio-economic, epidemiological, gerontological, and various other perspectives.
Evidence-based policy advice also relies on SHARE to address the challenges posed by demographic changes to society and future generations. The comprehensive and reliable SHARE data enable decision-makers in politics and administration at the national and European levels to base their decisions on scientific insights.