We analyze the effect of economic conditions early in life on individual mortality rate later in life, using business … death, covering a window of unprecedented size (1912-2000) are merged with historical data on macroeconomic and health … indicators. We correct for secular changes over time and other mortality determinants. We nonparametrically compare those born in …

Biased longevity expectations will lead to suboptimal decisions regarding saving, retirement, annuitization and health … explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health … probabilities that are less accurate in predicting their in-sample mortality. There is little evidence that the gradients in the …

to linked data from health surveys, tax files and the mortality register to estimate the causal effect of education on …> While there is no doubt that health is strongly correlated with education, whether schooling exerts a causal impact on … health is not yet firmly established. We exploit Dutch compulsory schooling laws in a Regression Discontinuity Design applied …

are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care …

explaining health at older ages. In particular, we investigate the role of exposure to infectious diseases and economic … conditions during infancy and childhood, as well as the effect of current health care facilities. Specific attention is paid to …

dataset for the Netherlands (1998-2007), linking informationabout mortality, health events and lifestyles. We show that …We apply the theory of inequality in opportunity to measure inequity in mortality. Ourempirical work is based on a rich … distinguishing between differentchannels via which mortality is affected is necessary to test the sensitivity of the results …

and the mortalitydata. The second section discusses the variation of mortality rateswith age in the population and in the …

studies we find that among theearly variables recorded at age 12 the only significant determinantof adult mortality is …

-related inequality of self-assessed health evolve over the life cycle and differ across generations in 11 EU countries. There is a … moderate and steady decline in mean health until the age of 70 or so and a steep acceleration in the rate of health … economic and social development, the average health of younger generations is significantly better than that of older …