The Objective of this paper is to test the consequences of changes in health status of future cohorts of French elderly … on healthcare expenditures. We value the precise effect of epidemiological and life expectancy changes on health … incapacity and/or of the presence of severe pathologies. We forecast a reliable range for future national health spending, under …

Health (NIH) R01 grants awarded between 1985-2002. Exploiting the recomposition of any group after congressional elections, I … estimate that the composition of the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies …

This paper applies concentration curves and indices, that have been previously used to analyze progressivity in health … care finance and horizontal equity in health care delivery in developed countries, to a 1998-1999 household survey about … health care expenditures and utilization carried out in four francophone West African capitals (Abidjan, Bamako, Conakry and …

and growth are endogenous. The authorities may provide two types of public services, public health and environmental … poverty trap. We examine changes in public policies: increasing public intervention on health or environmental maintenance …

We studied the effect of health events (accidents and chronic diseases) on the occupation probabilities at the … matching estimators, we found that health events have a strong impact on individual labor market histories. The workers … health events. …

reconciled with equity (in the sense that the winners of the coverage increases and the health improvements are the poorer). …

examining the consequences of agricultural primary commodity export on population's health via physical environment degradation …). This environmental degradation from trade worsens population's health (infant and child mortality rates, and life …

survivors health is crucial for the design of post-war economic policies. This paper investigates this question for the … years of life have a weaker health, reflected by a lower height for age z-score (HAZ). Using the Infancy Childhood Puberty … indicates that months of civil war before a woman's birth also have a negative impact on her health highlighting the importance …