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Accounting for the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity
Fonseca, Raquel; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Kapteyn, Arie; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We estimate a stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and longevity in the U.S. over the period 1965-2005. We estimate that technological change and the increase in the...
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On the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity
Fonseca, Raquel; Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Galama, Titus J.; … - RAND - 2009
The authors use a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005. They estimate that technological change along with the...
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Simulating the future of the Swedish baby-boom generations
Klevmarken, N. Anders; Bolin, Kristian; Eklöf, Matias; … - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2007
For the purpose of studying the consequences of the ageing of the Swedish population a group of scientists have … enlarged the microsimulation model SESIM - originally developed at the Swedish Ministry of Finance - with modules that simulate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771040
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Gaining weight through retirement? Results from the SHARE survey
Godard, Mathilde - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
Index (BMI) and related weight measures. Based on the 2004 and 2006 waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708845
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Gaining weight through retirement ? Results from the SHARE survey
Godard, Mathilde - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), our identification strategy exploits the European variation in … risk of obesity. No effects are found among women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960527
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Gaining Weight through Retirement ? Results from the SHARE Survey
Godard, Mathilde - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique … - 2014
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), our identification strategy exploits the European variation in … risk of obesity. No effects are found among women. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010938572
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Understanding the Economic Consequences of Shifting Trends in Population Health
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Lakdawalla, Darius; Goldman, Dana; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity …, and increases public assistance. Using a microsimulation approach, we quantify the competing public-finance consequences … obesity have increased net public-sector liabilities by $430bn, or approximately 4% of the current debt burden. Larger effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037659
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International Differences in Longevity and Health and their Economic Consequences
Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Lakdawalla, Darius; Goldman, Dana; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037666
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Health Financing Options for Samoa : Challenges and Opportunities
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932945
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Taking Stock of Fiscal Health: Trends in Global, Regional, and Country Level Health Financing
Fleisher, Lisa; Leive, Adam; Schieber, George - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
This note analyzes levels and trends of health expenditures by country, income group, and region in the context of overall government revenue, expenditure, and GDP trends between 1995 and 2010. The study uses available data from the World Health Organization's (WHO) National Health Accounts, the...
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