With both an aging population and a transition from communicable to chronic diseases, the health of the elderly is a … health check-ups. This paper exploits the phasing-in of the Mexican conditional cash transfer program, Progresa, between 1997 … deaths are a leading cause of death in Mexico, and in the top 10 causes of death in many high- and middle-income countries …

consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of …

healthy life expectancy before and after retirement, and on the likelihood of being in good health at retirement age. To … investigate these effects, we use a stochastic projection model that allows to jointly model and forecast health and mortality … significantly higher retirement ages than older cohorts, the likelihood of being in good health at retirement age is higher for …

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals' health within the age range 56-70, we find support … government health care expenditures. …