The onset of a disability or major health shock can affect the labor supply of not only those experiencing the event … supply decisions after a spouse’s disability or health shock and the role of paid leave laws implemented in California and … participation of potential caregivers decreased after spousal work-limiting disability or chronic health condition and, to a lesser …

health status that can be considered reasonably compatible with work. If this is not the case, the idea of sharing these … additional years of life between work and retirement is questionable. Considering mortality and health status, we question the … for given mortality rates; the other using the work/health relationship measured at certain ages to predict the health …

to reduce incentives to retire early. However, it is unknown to what extent older individuals have the health capacity to … sustain the longer working lives that delayed pension benefits may encourage. We estimate the health capacity to work longer … the past, and how much younger individuals today with similar self-assessed health work. We find substantial health …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

Has U.S. health care for the elderly become more equitable during the past several decades? When inequality is measured … their intrinsic shortcomings; expenditures depend on preferences, health status, and prices, while outcomes are strongly … affected by health behavior and past illness. We suggest a new approach to measuring inequality: the use of quality …

A growing body of literature examines the cross price elasticities between different health care services. For example …, increasing the patient out of pocket price for some health care services increases the utilization of other health care services …. Yet, the literature has generally ignored the connection between cost sharing for health care services and labor market …