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Disease Prevalence, Disease Incidence, and Mortality in the United States and in England
Banks, James W. - 2010
We find disease incidence and prevalence are both higher among Americans in age groups 55-64 and 70-80 indicating that Americans suffer from higher past cumulative disease risk and experience higher immediate risk of new disease onset compared to the English. In contrast, age specific mortality...
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The Ses Health Gradient on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Banks, James W.; Marmot, Michael; Oldfield, Zoé; … - 2021
Looking across many diseases, average health among mature men is much worse in America compared to England. Second, there exists a steep negative health gradient for men in both countries where men at the bottom of the economic hierarchy are in much worse health than those at the top. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317254
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The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective
Giles, John - 2011
This paper highlights the employment patterns of China's over-45 population and, for perspective, places them in the … developing countries, China can be characterized as having two retirement systems: a formal system, under which urban employees … of exit from work are shown to be much greater in urban China than in rural areas, and also greater than observed in …
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