, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in … 2004 to 2050. -- Disability ; mortality ; international comparisons ; microsimulation …

, comparable panel evidence available in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). It considers both physical … fundamentally affected by ageing, and it adds little to our capacity to predict how work capacity evolves with age. Fourth …

, comparable panel evidence available in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). It considers both physical … fundamentally affected by ageing, and it adds little to our capacity to predict how work capacity evolves with age. Fourth …

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 …

Childhood obesity has adverse health and productivity consequences and poses negative externalities to health services … health outcomes and the intergenerational transmission of obesity. …

In this paper I discuss overweight and obesity and their repercussions on health deficit accumulation and longevity in …-control, income, food prices, energy density, and medical progress in explaining obesity and to develop a test on whether obesity is …