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 …

There is a large and persistent association between education and health. In this paper, we review what is known about … this link. We first document the facts about the relationship between education and health. The education %u2018gradient …%u2019 is found for both health behaviors and health status, though the former does not fully explain the latter. The effect …

age of eligibility for public health and retirement benefits. The consequences of this policy depend on the health of the … near elderly, and on the distribution of health by demographic group. We simulate the work capacity and likely disability … people. Our estimates, from two distinct data sets, indicate that work capacity is substantial at this age. Because health …

made by individuals, these decisions are influenced by a set of incentives, including retirement benefits and health care … retirement. It explores well-established relationships among economic circumstances, health, and mortality, as well as the … effects of poverty and lower levels of economic development on health and life satisfaction. By combining micro and macro …

sharply, in coming decades. This has drawn growing interest to research on the health and economic circumstances of … shaped by their past decisions such as their saving behavior, as well as by current and future economic conditions, health …, physical circumstances such as health and disability, and emotional well-being, including happiness and mental health …

We explore economic model of health behaviors. While the standard economic model of health as an investment is …. Most prominently, the correlation of different health behaviors across people is virtually zero, suggest that standard …