In this paper, I introduce depression to the economics of human health and aging. Based on studies from happiness … late-life health outcomes and longevity. … fundamentals. The model is used to explain how untreated depression leads to unhealthy behavior and adverse health outcomes …

In this paper I unify the economic theories of addiction and health deficit accumulation and develop a life cycle … theory in which individuals take into account the fact that the consumption of addictive goods reduces their health and … longevity. I distinguish two types of addiction: perfect and common. Individuals with perfect addiction perfectly control their …

In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of occupational choice with endogenous health behavior, aging, and … longevity. Health-demanding work leads to a faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup on … wages. Health deficit accumulation is also influenced by unhealthy consumption and health care expenditure. I calibrate the …

In this paper, we examine the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on individual aging and longevity with special focus on … calibrate a health economic model based on principles of the biology of human aging that captures the interaction between … socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes. We also explore the individual-specific effects of Long Covid. We develop and …

making of a couple into a biologically founded life-cycle model of health deficit accumulation and endogenous longevity. We …Married people live longer than singles but how much of the longevity gap is causal and what the particular mechanisms …% of the marriage gain in longevity of men can be motivated by economic calculus while the marriage gain for women observed …

biologically-founded life-cycle model of health deficit accumulation and endogenous longevity. We calibrate the model with U …Married people live longer than singles but how much of the longevity differential is causal and what the particular … longevity of men can be motivated by economic calculus while the marriage gain for women observed in the data is attributed to …

waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset and construct a health deficit index. Results …We analyze how childhood hunger affects human aging for a panel of European individuals. For this purpose, we use six … from log-linear regressions suggest that, on average, elderly European men and women developed about 20 percent more health …