Despite the significant research on aggregate trends in mortality and physical stature in the middle of the nineteenth … century, little evidence on the individual-level characteristics associated with premature mortality has been presented. This … essay describes a new project that links individuals from the mortality schedules to the population schedules of the 1850 …

couples. In this paper, we quantify the degree of actuarial advantage or disadvantage for individuals whose mortality differs … from the average. We find that at real interest rates close to zero, most households - even those with mortality rates that … historical average, however, singles with mortality that is substantially greater than average do not benefit from delay; however …

remaining life expectancy and lower mortality risk relative to earlier time periods due to improvements in mortality. We examine … to determine what eligibility ages would be today and in 2050 if adjustments for mortality improvement were taken into … approximately 0.15 years annually. Failure to adjust for mortality improvement implies the percent of the population eligible to …

This paper analyzes the savings and health care impacts of mortality contingent claims, defined here as income measures … understanding of the effects that mortality contingent claims have on resources devoted to life-extension. We analyze the incentives … that such claims imply for life-extension when resources may affect mortality endogenously and argue that these incentives …

policy changes increased the gains from delay, particularly for couples. In addition, mortality improved and real interest …

learning model. Using two-period panel-structured survey data from Taiwan, we find that subjective probabilities of living to …

female mortality (EFM) and fertility in Taiwan. For identification, we exploit plausibly exogenous variation in the …

chronic, degenerative disease. Using contingent-valuation data collected from approximately 1,200 respondents in Taiwan, we …