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 …

The Health, Inequalities and Social Breakdown (SIRS) survey carried out in Antananarivo in April 2003 on a … health, inequalities and social breakdowns in different cities throughout the world. The initial assumption is that the socio …-economic inequalities found within cities give rise to specific problems of health and social breakdowns and can, in certain cases, lead to …

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 …

This paper analyses the impact of health, pension systems and longevity on savings. It uses a simple life-cycle model … embodying social transfers (health care and pension expenditures) and changes in longevity to determine the level of household … of view of incentive to save, health transfers have a similar impact as pension replacement rates. Therefore, welfare …