which population ageing does not lead to an increase in per capita health care expenditures (HCE) because the observed … that mortality rises with age and a large share of HCE is caused by proximity to death. This hypothesis has spurned a large … studies have been rather mixed. In light of the imminent population ageing in many of these countries it is still being …

expenditures (HCE) is due to the fact that the mortality rate rises with age and HCE rise steeply in the last years before death …

Continuous longevity improvements and population ageing have led countries to modify national public pension schemes by … expectancy uses a Bayesian Model Ensemble approach to stochastic mortality modelling to generate forecasts of intergenerationally …

This paper investigates the returns to health care provision during the mortality transition. We construct a new panel … the supply of physicians reduce infant mortality and mortality from common childhood diseases. Using a semiparametric … historical trends in infant mortality over the 20th century …

evidence that an increase in child mortality and Cholera deaths as well as a decrease in public spending on health care are …

the closing of all non-essential economic activities. This paper estimates the causal effects of this measure on mortality … significant reduction in mortality by Covid-19 and, in particular, for age groups between 40-64 and older (with larger and more …

mortality using an instrumental variable approach based on wind direction. Harnessing daily changes in county-level wind …