informal caregiving are borne by the caregiver and may consist of worse health outcomes and, if the caregiver has not retired …, worse labor market outcomes. We estimate the impact of providing informal care to one’s partner on the caregiver's health … using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We exploit the panel structure of the data …

of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings and inheritances to test the theory. We distinguish between the … direct monetary cost and the indirect health cost (value of health lost) of unhealthy consumption. The health cost increases …, but fewer severely unhealthy goods. The empirical evidence presented suggests that differences in health costs may indeed …

We explore what health-capital theory has to offer in terms of informing and directing research into health inequality … health interact. Our reading of the literature, and our own work, leads us to conclude that non-degenerate versions of the … Grossman model (1972a;b) and its extensions can explain many salient stylized facts on health inequalities. Yet, further …

The Netherlands is among the top spenders on health in the OECD. We document the life-cycle profile, concentration and …. Spending on health care is strongly concentrated: the one per cent of individuals with the highest levels of expenditure …-term care, which amounts to one third of all expenditure on health care, is even more concentrated: the top one per cent …

The Netherlands is among the top spenders on health in the OECD. We document the life-cycle profile, concentration and …. Spending on health care is strongly concentrated: the one per cent of individuals with the highest levels of expenditure …-term care, which amounts to one third of all expenditure on health care, is even more concentrated: the top one per cent …

health indicators, especially for women. Using data from rural Nigeria on individual illnesses and injuries as well as the …, but it fully eliminates the observed gender gap in addition to broadening the capacity of the health sector to respond to …

We explore what health-capital theory has to offer in terms of informing and directing research into health inequality … health interact. Our reading of the literature, and our own work, leads us to conclude that non-degenerate versions of the … Grossman model (1972a;b) and its extensions can explain many salient stylized facts on health inequalities. Yet, further …

dataset for the Netherlands (1998-2007), linking informationabout mortality, health events and lifestyles. We show that …

Little is known about perceptions of medical expenditure risks despite their presumed relevance to health insurance … who are offered the opportunity to purchase health insurance. We find that expectations are positively correlated with … realized expenditures to some extent, there is no evidence that expectations influence the decision to take out health …