between 12% and 17%. However, other health care expenditures would only increase slightly, and the mortality rate would … since its creation in 1965 -- will improve the health of elderly Americans, and how much it will cost. We model how … insurance affects medical care utilization, and subsequently, health outcomes over time in a dynamic model with correlated …

on older age mortality depended upon the cause of death that was being investigated but all of these infections reduced … cause-specific longevity. Men who grew up in a large city faced an elevated mortality risk from all causes of death … controlling for later residence. The immediate effect of reduced infectious disease rates and reduced mortality from acute disease …

This chapter discusses the questions to be asked of the compiled mortality and morbidity data, paying particular … particularly fruitful. Differential rates of infant mortality among countries may also explain differential mortality and morbidity …-economic paradigms must take in order for the study of mortality and morbidity of adults and the elderly to bear fruitful results …

We examine how wealth shocks, in the form of inheritances, affect the mortality rates, health status and health … behaviors of older adults, using data from eight waves of the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS). Our main finding is that … bequests do not have substantial effects on health, although some improvements in quality-of-life are possible. This absence …

men has declined in most developed countries. We use mortality as a measure of health to assess the capacity to work at …Health and longevity have increased substantially over the last 50 years, yet the labor force participation of older … older ages in 12 OECD countries. For a given level of mortality, the employment rates of older workers vary substantially …

Using a sample of Europeans aged 50+ from twelve countries in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe … (SHARE) we analyse the role of poor material conditions as a determinant of changes in health over a four-year period. We … find that poverty defined with respect to relative incomes has no effect on changes in health. However, broader measures of …

to examine the health capacity to work at aged 50 and above. This study finds that, first, the health status of the … participation rate has not seen an equivalent increase alongside the improvement in health. Second, the gap in labor force …

entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status … their higher income. Physical and mental health play a crucial role in determining both an individual's occupational status … elderly individuals. However, when controlling for health, retirees exhibit an even higher level of life satisfaction compared …

entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status … their higher income. Physical and mental health play a crucial role in determining both an individual's occupational status … elderly individuals. However, when controlling for health, retirees exhibit an even higher level of life satisfaction compared …