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Early retirement and post retirement health
Hallberg, Daniel; Johansson, Per; Josephson, Malin - 2014
for a reduction in both mortality and in inpatient care as a consequence of the early retirement offer. Increasing the …This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … army employees 55 years of age or older. Before the offer was implemented in the Swedish defense, the normal retirement age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464457
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What are the health effects of postponing retirement? An instrumental variable approach
Hagen, Johannes - 2016
administrative data on cause-specific mortality, hospitalizations and drug prescriptions. Exogenous variation in retirement timing … retirement impacts mortality or health care utilization. …This essay estimates the causal effect of postponing retirement on a wide range of health outcomes using Swedish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695394
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Fear and market failure: Global imbalances and self-insurance”
Miller, Marcus; Zhang, Lei - 2007
This paper proposes an integrated framework to analyze jointly two key issues: the emergence of global imbalances and the precautionary motive for accumulating reserves. Standard models of general equilibrium would predict modest current account surpluses in the emerging markets if they face...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278218
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Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Swedish Household Data
Andersson, Björn - 2001
This paper provides empirical evidence on life-cycle patterns in the asset allocation of Swedish households. Data on household portfolio allocation are collected from the HINK surveys for the period 1982-1992, and portfolio shares of different asset categories are regressed on age, period, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321812
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Consumption and Population Age Structure
Erlandsen, Solveig K.; Nymoen, Ragnar - 2004
In this paper the effects on aggregate consumption of changes in the age distribution of the population are analysed empirically. Economic theories predict that age influences individuals' saving and consumption behaviour. Despite this, age structure effects are rarely controlled for in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012143636
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Vaccination take-up and health: Evidence from a flu vaccination program for the elderly
Brilli, Ylenia; Lucifora, Claudio; Russo, Antonio; … - 2019
We analyze the effects of a vaccination program providing free flu vaccine to individuals aged 65 or more on take-up and hospitalization. By using linked patient-general practitioner (GP) data, we implement a regression discontinuity design around the threshold at age 65. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059374
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Critical periods during childhood and adolescence: A study of adult height among immigrant siblings
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lundborg, Petter; Nystedt, Paul; … - 2011
We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For this we use data on families migrating into Sweden from countries that are poorer, with less healthy conditions. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275847
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Critical Periods during Childhood and Adolescence: A Study of Adult Height among Immigrant Siblings
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lundborg, Petter; Nystedt, Paul; … - 2012
We identify the ages that constitute critical periods in children's development towards their adult health status. For this we use data on families migrating into Sweden from countries that are poorer, with less healthy conditions. Long-run health is proxied by adult height. The relation between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208619
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Trade and the great divergence: The family connection
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2006
This research argues that the rapid expansion of international trade in the second phase of the industrial revolution has played a major role in the timing of demographic transitions across countries and has thereby been a significant determinant of the distribution of world population and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318893
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Simulating the future of the Swedish baby-boom generations
Klevmarken, N. Anders; Bolin, Kristian; Eklöf, Matias; … - 2007
health status, take up of sickness benefits, retirement, the utilization of health care and social care and the dynamics of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321560