In Hungary, the health status of working age men is extremely bad in comparison with both the developed market … economies and the neighboring transition countries. The study based on data between 1960 and 2004 investigates the health status … of population in Hungary and Austria by health-production functions on macro level and makes comparisons. The rationale …

In Hungary, the health status of working age men is extremely bad in comparison with both the developed market … economies and the neighboring transition countries. The study based on data between 1960 and 2004 investigates the health status … of population in Hungary and Austria by health-production functions on macro level and makes comparisons. The rationale …

Background: Determinants of health or health production function in health economics literature constitute noticeable … issues in health promotion. This study aimed at estimating a health production function for East Mediterranean Region (EMR … Hausman test. Results: In estimating the health production function, factors such as income per capita (β=0.054, Pβ=0.072, Pβ …

on the gender-specific health outcome of respondents aged 60+ at follow-up over a period of 13 years (for western Germany … analysed self-rated general health as well as the self-reported absence and prevalence of specific diseases which are directly …-up in order to control for selection effects to the health outcome. The analysis was separated by sex to account for gender …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the role of childbearing history in later life health … better self-rated health in Western German mothers and fathers aged 50+, but its relationship with Eastern German women …'s physical health and survival is negative. Early motherhood is paralleled by poorer physical health in West Germany, whereas …

Biased longevity expectations will lead to suboptimal decisions regarding saving, retirement, annuitization and health … explain heterogeneity in economic behaviour by education and cognitive functioning. Analysis of eight waves of the US Health …

income, relative income (i.e. how individual income compares to those of peers), individual health, and relative health … contribute to these inequalities. The analysis focuses on the population aged 50 and over, using data from the ‘Survey of Health …, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe’ and the ‘Health and Retirement Study’ for the US. All countries display some socioeconomic …