This paper reviews the literature on the impact of work on health. We consider work along two dimensions: (i) the … employment or not, independent of the number of hours worked. We show that most of the evidence on the ne gative health impact of … amount of work they provide. In essence, what is de trimental to health is not so much work per se as much as the gap which …

overall health inequality according to the different normative principles. Our results suggest that, in practice, the … contributions of circumstances and efforts to explained health inequality. …

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 …

We compare two approaches to measuring inequity in the health distribution. The first is the concentration index. The … health dimensions. We introduce the concept of equivalent income as a measure of well-being that respects preferences with … respect to the trade-off between income and health, but is not subjectively welfarist since it does not rely on the direct …

relationship proneness. An empirical study in the health field allows us to draw a typology of customers based on their degree of …

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. …

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

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. …

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 …

Purpose: This paper aims to quantify inequalities of opportunities in health in Europe and to assess whether the way … the correlation between effort towards health and circumstances empirically matters for the magnitude of inequalities of … opportunities in health within Europe. This paper uses the Retrospective Survey of SHARELIFE focusing on life histories of European …