the mechanisms that drive positive retirement program results, we find evidence that changes in individual health … introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older …

both mental and physical health. In addition, individuals feel less financially constrained and are more optimistic about …

with twelve concrete health impairments. Specifically, we analyze whether subjective well-being predicts longer survival in … decrease survival in our sample, even controlling for the severity of health problems. But our results cast doubt on strong … significant interactions between substantive health impairments and life satisfaction. Higher subjective well-being may keep you …

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 …

situation during childhood on quality of life after retirement as well as the mediating role of later life health, educational …, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) with full information on childhood and later life measures of health, educational … > 60 und < 85 Jahren aus der fünften Welle des Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) mit vollständigen …

data points to a reduction in residential crowding and retirement, especially from occupations associated with high …

health behavior. For that purpose we set up a physiologically founded model of health deficit accumulation and calibrate it … using recent insights from gerontology. From fitting life cycle health expenditure and life expectancy we obtain estimates …

This paper provides a closed-form solution for the health capital model of health demand. The results are exploited in … model, the pure consumption model and a combination of both types of models. Given the plausible assumptions that (i) health … declines with age and that (ii) the health capital stock at death is lower than the health capital stock needed for eternal …

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

making of a couple into a biologically founded life-cycle model of health deficit accumulation and endogenous longevity. We …