Search Results - subject:"health deficits"

Medical innovations and ageing : a health economics perspective

Grossmann, Volker - 2021

conceptualization of ageing as an accumulation of health deficits. The paper also discusses the role of medical progress for longevity …

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Hooked on weight control : an economic theory of anorexia nervosa and its impact on health and longevity

Strulik, Holger - In: Journal of health economics 88 (2023), pp. 1-18

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Health and aging before and after retirement

Abeliansky, Ana; Strulik, Holger - 2020

, regardless of the used classification, workers from the first (low status) group display more health deficits at any age and … accumulate health deficits faster than workers from the second (high status) group. We instrument retirement by statutory … find that workers from low status occupations accumulate health deficits faster after retirement, i.e. we find evidence for …

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Fetal origins: A life cycle model of health and aging from conception to death

Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Hansen, Casper Worm; Strulik, Holger - 2020

The fetal origins hypothesis has received considerable empirical support, both within epidemiology and economics. The present study compares the ability of two rival theoretical frameworks in accounting for the kind of path dependence implied by the fetal origins hypothesis. We argue that while...

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Health and aging before and after retirement

Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Strulik, Holger - 2020

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Fetal origins : a life cycle model of health and aging from conception to death

Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Hansen, Casper Worm; Strulik, Holger - 2020

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261658

A health economic theory of occupational choice, aging, and longevity

Strulik, Holger - 2022

longevity. Health-demanding work leads to a faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup on …

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A health economic theory of occupational choice, aging, and longevity

Strulik, Holger - In: Journal of health economics 82 (2022), pp. 1-20

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Medical progress and life cycle choices

Strulik, Holger - In: Journal of the economics of ageing 23 (2022), pp. 1-12

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From pain patient to junkie: An economic theory of painkiller consumption and its impact on wellbeing and longevity

Strulik, Holger - 2019

In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of painkiller consumption that combines the theory of health deficit accumulation with the theory of addiction. Chronic pain is conceptualized as a persistent negative shock to lifetime utility that can be treated by pain relief medication. Individuals...

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