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Fertility, Mortality and Environmental Policy

Lehmijoki, Ulla - 2017

This article examines pollution and environmental mortality in an economy where fertility is endogenous and output is … pollution-induced mortality but also shifts resources to the clean sector. If the dirty sector is more capital intensive, then … expansion of population boosts total pollution, aggravating mortality …

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Getting Life Expectancy Estimates Right for Pension Policy : Period Versus Cohort Approach

Ayuso, Mercedes - 2018

period and dynamic cohort mortality tables, estimates the differences in life expectancy between both tables using data from …

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Partial Identification of Willingness-to-Pay Using Shape Restrictions with an Application to the Value of a Statistical Life

Sojourner, Aaron - 2010

Economists often analyze cross-sectional data to estimate the value people implicit place on attributes of goods using hedonic methods. Usually strong enough assumptions are made on the functional form of utility to point identify individuals' willingness-to-pay (WTP) for changes in attribute...

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Life Expectancy and the Environment

Mariani, Fabio - 2009

We present an OLG model in which life expectancy and environmental quality dynamics are jointly determined. Agents may invest in environmental care, depending on how much they expect to live. In turn, environmental conditions affect life expectancy. As a result, our model produces a positive...

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Life Expectancy, Schooling, and Lifetime Labor Supply : Theory and Evidence Revisited

Cervellati, Matteo - 2013

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for optimal schooling and lifetime labor supply. The results of a simple prototype Ben-Porath model with age-specific survival rates show that an increase in lifetime labor supply is not a necessary, nor a...

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Life Expectancy and Economic Growth : The Role of the Demographic Transition

Cervellati, Matteo - 2009

the role of the econometric specification. We present a simple theory of the economic and demographic transition where … individuals' education and fertility decisions depend on their life expectancy. The theory predicts that before the demographic …. We provide evidence supporting these predictions using data on exogenous mortality reductions in the context of the …

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The Demographic Transition : Causes and Consequences

Galor, Oded - 2012

This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...

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Socially Optimal Mistakes? Debiasing COVID-19 Mortality Risk Perceptions and Prosocial Behavior

Abel, Martin - 2020

people form COVID-19 mortality risk beliefs and the implications for prosocial behavior. We first document that people …

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An Economic Model of the Covid-19 Epidemic : The Importance of Testing and Age-Specific Policies

Brotherhood, Luiz Mário - 2020

This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic. We augment a standard SIR epidemiological model with individual choices regarding how much time to spend working and consuming outside the house, both of which increase the risk of transmission. Individuals...

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Life Expectancy and Parental Education

Huebener, Mathias - 2019

This study analyses the relationship between life expectancy and parental education. It extends the previous literature that focused mostly on the relationship between individuals' own education and their life expectancy. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival...

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