biologically-founded life-cycle model of health deficit accumulation and endogenous longevity. We calibrate the model with U …

We propose a new summary measure of population health (SMPH) called well-being-adjusted healthy life expectancy (WAHE …). WAHE belongs to a subgroup of health-adjusted life expectancy indicators and measures life expectancy equivalent to full … health. The measure combines health and mortality information into a single indicator with weights that quantify the …

health and longevity in contrast to other twin-based studies of the US population, which show little or no effect of … education on health. Second, we present evidence that parents compensate for differences in their children's health endowments …

Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic … is a quantum effect, the latter two effects reflect changes in the timing of events. Efficient public health policy …

show this trend by computing a health deficit index for a panel of 14 European Countries and six waves of the Survey of … 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 …

health capital index. …