In this paper we investigate the joint conditional distribution of health (life expectancy) and income growth, and its …

This paper models the equilibrium dynamics of Malaria disease and aggregate income. It incorporates utility maximizing … private human-host behaviors regarding malaria related health care investments. The paper contrasts how economic and … effects of such public policies on the dynamics of the disease and aggregate income …

Well-being is increasingly viewed as a multidimensional phenomenon, of which income is only one facet. In this paper I … focus on another one, health, and look at its synthetic measure, life expectancy at birth, and its relationship with per … capita income. International trends of life expectancy and per capita GDP differed during the past 150 years. Life expectancy …

caused by worsening health in old age. Our model explains the long-run decline in the age of retirement as an income level … effect. We show that improvements in health and longevity tend to increase the desired retirement age, though less than …