conceptualization of ageing as an accumulation of health deficits. The paper also discusses the role of medical progress for longevity … and health inequality and presents a framework to assess the effect of increased longevity on the value of life. …This paper discusses the relationship between medical innovations and ageing from a health economics perspective and …

Aging humans adapt to their worsening state of health and old people are usually happier than estimated by young … adaptation generally increases the value of life (by about 2 to 5 percent), its impact on health behavior and longevity depends … individuals. In this paper we investigate how adaptation to a deteriorating state of health affects health spending, life …

the largest health gains during the last several decades. Nor was higher dispersion in mortality caused entirely by the … quarter-century, resulted in pronounced relative declines in mortality. The substantial longevity gains in high-income states …The 21st century has been a period of rising inequality in both income and health. In this study, we find that …

Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). We find that for each year of later birth, health deficits decline by on … of human aging. For example, the level of health deficits experienced at age 65 by individuals born 1920 is predicted to … show this trend by computing a health deficit index for a panel of 14 European Countries and six waves of the Survey of …

are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care …

assigned. In adults, we find no evidence that wealth impacts mortality or health care utilization, with the possible exception …We use administrative data on Swedish lottery players to estimate the causal impact of wealth on players' own health … and their children's health and developmental outcomes. Our estimation sample is large,virtually free of attrition, and …

are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … disparities in health by SES. In our model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement, living conditions and curative care …

, living conditions and curative care are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Their model predicts …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … part of the observed disparities in health by SES. In their model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement …

conditions, and health investment, provide mechanisms through which SES, health, and longevity are related. As a result, the …Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered by the lack …. Motivated by the observation that medical care explains only a relatively small part of the SES-health gradient, we present a …