. Here, we challenge this view. We set up a life-cycle model of human aging and longevity in which individuals discount the … health than they would if they had a constant rate of time preference. Using a calibrated life-cycle model of human aging, we …

. Here, we challenge this view. We set up a life-cycle model of human aging and longevity in which individuals discount the … health than they would if they had a constant rate of time preference. Using a calibrated life-cycle model of human aging, we …

This study presents a new view on the association between education and longevity. In contrast to the earlier … gradient by idiosyncratic returns to education, with causality running from education to longevity. The theory also explains … why compulsory schooling has comparatively small effects on longevity and why the gradient gets larger over time through …

Married people live longer than singles but how much of the longevity differential is causal and what the particular … biologically-founded life-cycle model of health deficit accumulation and endogenous longevity. We calibrate the model with U … longevity of men can be motivated by economic calculus while the marriage gain for women observed in the data is attributed to …

Married people live longer than singles but how much of the longevity gap is causal and what the particular mechanisms … making of a couple into a biologically founded life-cycle model of health deficit accumulation and endogenous longevity. We …% of the marriage gain in longevity of men can be motivated by economic calculus while the marriage gain for women observed …

In this paper, I suggest a novel explanation for a hump-shaped ageconsumption profile, based on human aging. The model …