effects of demography, health, and disability insurance / Axel Börsch-Supan -- Comment / Robert J. Willis -- Labor market … and Jonathan Skinner -- Economic circumstances and health -- Aging and death under a dollar a day / Abhijit V. Banerjee … health and circumstance on health in old age / Anne Case -- Comment / James P. Smith -- Income, aging, health and well …

Health and longevity have increased substantially over the last 50 years, yet the labor force participation of older … men has declined in most developed countries. We use mortality as a measure of health to assess the capacity to work at …

Health and longevity have increased substantially over the last 50 years, yet the labor force participation of older … men has declined in most developed countries. We use mortality as a measure of health to assess the capacity to work at …

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 …