health spending (insurance 29% and technology 24%) while income less than 10%. By simultaneously occurring over this period …We use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to … investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that …

% of the rise in health spending (insurance 29% and technology 24%) while income less than 10%. By simultaneously occurring …The authors use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and … retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. They …

health spending (insurance 29% and technology 24%) while income less than 10%. By simultaneously occurring over this period …We use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to … investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that …

health spending (insurance 29% and technology 24%) while income less than 10%. By simultaneously occurring over this period …We use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to … investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that …

We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health on income mainly operating through employment, although it is …

The extent of premature death and ill health in the developing world is staggering. Death and ill health on such a … concerns that led the international community to put health firmly at the center of the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) when … health globally, especially in developing countries calls for committed and renewed focus on what works on-the-ground without …

Although a substantial literature examines the relationship between culture and health in myriad individual contexts, a … health interventions. Drawing on 169 interviews with officials from three different nongovernmental organizations working on … health issues in multiple countries — Partners in Health, Oxfam America, and Sesame Workshop — we examine how these …

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals' health within the age range 56-70, we find support … mandatory retirement age may thus not only have positive government income effects but also negative effects on increasing …

This paper provides a closed-form solution for the health capital model of health demand. The results are exploited in … model, the pure consumption model and a combination of both types of models. Given the plausible assumptions that (i) health … declines with age and that (ii) the health capital stock at death is lower than the health capital stock needed for eternal …

This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using … wide range of health behaviors (e.g. alcohol and tobacco consumption, physical activity, diet and sleep) as potential … mechanisms. The results show a long-run improvement in health upon retirement. Relief from work-related stress and strain …