direction. However, more recently, social indicators are being set back by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which will generate greater …

Studies of the empirical relationship between income and mortality often rely on data aggregated by geographic areas … between individual mortality and lifetime income with a large micro data base of current and former retired participants in … death between low and high lifetime income are on the order of two to three years. Income-related mortality differences …

We propose a dynamic production function of population health and mortality from birth onwards. Our parsimonious model … provides an excellent fit for the mortality and survival curves for both primate and human populations since 1816. The model … mortality gradients across socio-economic statuses, (ii) non-monotonic dynamic effects of in-utero shocks, (iii) persistent or …

Japan faces the problem of how to finance retirement, health, and long-term care expenditures as the population ages … security contributions, debtfinancing, and a uniform increase in health and long-term care copayments …

We discuss existing shortfalls and inequalities in the accumulation of human capital—knowledge, skills, and health. We … improve: the quality, and not just the quantity, of education and health care; outcomes for disadvantaged groups; and lifelong …

The health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on India have been substantial, with wide variation across states and union …. State characteristics, such as health care infrastructure and the share of services in the economy, played an important role … in shaping the health and economic outcomes, highlighting the importance of adequate social spending, health care …

This paper examines empirically the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and their effects on health outcomes. We … assemble a comprehensive and novel cross-country database at a daily frequency on vaccinations and various health outcomes (new …’s health infrastructure, and vaccine acceptance are significant determinants of the speed of vaccination rollouts; (ii) vaccine …