This paper attempts to quantify the private and public economic value of reducing obesity through pharmaceutical and …, taxes and other spending. Obesity treatment generates substantial per-period savings in medical costs, but it also raises … lowers the prevalence of obesity, but the aggregate fiscal effects on the public-sector are small. …

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 …

, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in …

, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in …

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 …

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 …

the Netherlands Ageing and Pensions model). SADNAP is being developed for calculating the financial and economic … implications of the ageing of the population and of the ageing-related policy measures that are being proposed to cope with ageing …