Comparisons among countries can help to identify opportunities for the reduction of inequalities in health. We compared … the magnitude of inequalities in mortality and self-assessed health among 22 countries in all parts of Europe. …

How does the retirement age affect the physical and mental health of seniors? We identify this effect based on the 1993 … pension and the number of reference earning years taken to calculate pensions. We use a unique database on health and … even a deterioration in their health between 1999 and 2005. Subsequently, taking the reform as a tool to filter out the …

-related miscarriage. Building on the specific features of the French Health insurance system, this paper shows that variation in the … test. By contrast, the sole fact of being labelled 'high-risk' by the Health system seems to have, as such, only a modest …

This paper investigates the impact of health risk on insurance contract with hazard moral. We use a bi …-dimensional utility function (wealth and health status). We prove that the type of health risk influences the equilibrium of insurance … market. A full coverage is possible with moral hazard. Finally, the link between health risk and co-payment can be invalided. …

estimates based on household surveys of the productive payoff in Sub-Saharan Africa to nutrition and health, as proxied by adult …

This chapter aims to quantify and compare inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries considering … opportunity stand for almost 50% of the health inequality due to circumstances and efforts in Barry scenario and 57.5% in Roemer … scenario. The comparison of the magnitude of inequalities of opportunity in health across European countries shows considerable …

health and education sectors. We focus on the symmetric equilibrium and show that when the externality itself satisfies an …

social transfers (health care and pension expenditures) and changes in longevity to determine the level of household savings … both pension and health transfers may have a significant negative impact on the household saving. Therefore these …