This study analyzes the causal effect of an increase in the retirement age on health. We exploit a sizable cohort …-in-Differences approach. The analysis is based on official records covering all individuals insured by the public health system in Germany and …-dimensionality in these health effects. The empirical findings reflect the multi-dimensionality but allow for deriving two broader …

This analysis uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to examine the sources of variation in mortality for … earnings as primary determinants of socioeconomic status for men and women separately. We use those predictions of mortality to … cohorts spanning the birth years from 1900 to 1950. We find differential rates of mortality have had substantial effects in …

.S. population. A key feature of this method is its simplicity - it only requires data on out-of-pocket (OOP) health care spending … and total health care spending and does not require detailed knowledge of health insurance benefit design. We apply our … the current design of health plans may put the health and financial well-being of the chronically ill at risk …

.S. population. A key feature of this method is its simplicity - it only requires data on out-of-pocket (OOP) health care spending … and total health care spending and does not require detailed knowledge of health insurance benefit design. We apply our … the current design of health plans may put the health and financial well-being of the chronically ill at risk …

incidence of welfare loss from health shocks. Moreover, household size, type of health care used, gender, education and age of …Background: In developing countries, health shock is one of the most common idiosyncratic income shock and the main … access formal insurance markets in order to insure their consumption against health shocks. Thus, in this study, are the poor …