This paper analyses the impact of health, pension systems and longevity on savings. It uses a simple life-cycle model … embodying social transfers (health care and pension expenditures) and changes in longevity to determine the level of household … of view of incentive to save, health transfers have a similar impact as pension replacement rates. Therefore, welfare …

-related miscarriage. Building on the specific features of the French Health insurance system, this paper shows that variation in the … test. By contrast, the sole fact of being labelled 'high-risk' by the Health system seems to have, as such, only a modest …

This chapter aims to quantify and compare inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries considering … opportunity stand for almost 50% of the health inequality due to circumstances and efforts in Barry scenario and 57.5% in Roemer … scenario. The comparison of the magnitude of inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries shows considerable …

We compare two approaches to measuring inequity in the health distribution. The first is the concentration index. The … health dimensions. We introduce the concept of equivalent income as a measure of well-being that respects preferences with … respect to the trade-off between income and health, but is not subjectively welfarist since it does not rely on the direct …

This paper investigates the impact of health risk on insurance contract with hazard moral. We use a bi …-dimensional utility function (wealth and health status). We prove that the type of health risk influences the equilibrium of insurance … market. A full coverage is possible with moral hazard. Finally, the link between health risk and co-payment can be invalided. …

Comparisons among countries can help to identify opportunities for the reduction of inequalities in health. We compared … the magnitude of inequalities in mortality and self-assessed health among 22 countries in all parts of Europe. …

Purpose: This paper aims to quantify inequalities of opportunities in health in Europe and to assess whether the way … the correlation between effort towards health and circumstances empirically matters for the magnitude of inequalities of … opportunities in health within Europe. This paper uses the Retrospective Survey of SHARELIFE focusing on life histories of European …