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 …

health debates in the United States for some time. Compression of morbidity would lead to longer life but less rapid medical … Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, we examine how health is changing by time period until death. We show that functional … measures of health are improving, and more so the farther away from death the person is surveyed. Disease rates are relatively …

? They have not. We ask when and why the female advantage emerged. We show that reductions in maternal mortality and … played a role. The primary reason is that those who survive most infectious diseases carry a health burden that affects …

The Antebellum Puzzle' describes the situation of declining stature and rising mortality in the three decades prior to … terms of protein and caloric intake in the mid-nineteenth century. But the mortality environment also appears to have … analyzes the relationship between local agricultural surpluses, nutritional status, mortality conditions, and adult heights …

We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We find that counties more exposed to a plausibly …

initial wealth at retirement and mortality rates after retirement. I propose a simple but flexible theoretical framework that …

In this paper, we specify a dynamic programming model that addresses the interplay among health, financial resources … used self reported health or disability status as a proxy for health status, we model health as a latent variable, using … is estimated using data from the Health and Retirement Study. We compare results based on our model to results based on …

We utilize panel data from the Health and Retirement Study to investigate the impact of retirement on physical and … mental health, life satisfaction, and health care utilization. Because poor health can induce retirement, we instrument for … test. We find strong evidence that retirement improves both health and life satisfaction. While the impact on life …