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We use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that technological change along with the increase in the...
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different variables, like life expectancy, infant mortality and the share of the elderly. In the extended models, a …
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We study biased survival expectations across two domains and examine whether such biased expectations influence health and financial behaviors. Combining individual-level longitudinal data, retrospective, and end of life data from several European countries for more than a decade, we estimate...
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. We estimate that a one standard deviation increase in judicial claims increases the all-cause mortality rate by between 0 ….10 and 0.23 standard deviations. Increases in mortality are pervasive across causes, with the largest increase in deaths from …
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We investigate the effect of extreme temperatures on mortality and emergency hospital admissions, and whether local … social care allows to mitigate their adverse effects. We merge monthly administrative data on mortality and hospital … mortality rates and hospital admission rates for both cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. These effects are mostly driven …
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Meijer, Rohwedder, and Wansbeek (MRW, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2012) develop methods for prediction of a single earnings figure per worker from mixture factor models fitted using earnings data from multiple linked data sources. MRW apply their method using parameter estimates...
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2004 to 2050. -- Disability ; mortality ; international comparisons ; microsimulation …
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test of this assumption. We apply a two-step estimation strategy: first, we use a propensity score matching approach to …
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percent lower healthcare costs and mortality rates, depending on age groups and type of CAM. The lower costs result from fewer …
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This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the period 2012-2030. Our estimates are derived using WHO's EPIC model of economic growth, which focuses on the negative effects of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We...
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