alternatives and/or where attributes of alternatives are difficult to understand. We focus on choices about health insurance …, health care, and retirement planning, all of which are very important for the well-being of the elderly. Our review suggests …

SHARE, the "Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe", is a large population-based panel survey among people … aged 50 and over with data from 28 European countries and Israel. It investigates individual, economic, health-related, and …, current health, and socio-economic factors, are the aims of SHARE …

We review and extend the economic analysis of mitigating risks in the presence of health shocks. The existing … that this focus is limited in that shocks to health itself, rather than consumption, may be more damaging. Since human … capital is not transferrable, health risk—unlike medical spending risk—cannot be pooled through traditional insurance. Instead …

This chapter provides an overview of the literature linking health, health insurance and labor market outcomes such as … first part of the paper focuses on the relationship between health and labor market outcomes. The empirical literature … surveyed suggests that poor health reduces the capacity to work and has substantive effects on wages, labor force participation …

The Philippines has placed a strong emphasis on achieving Universal Health Coverage. In recent years, earmarked funds … from new alcohol and tobacco taxes have substantially increased government funds available for health. This additional … funding offers great potential to improve access and health outcomes, as long as the money is well spent. An important pre …