This paper analyzes the impact of subjective mortality risk on consumption and labor choice in a life cycle model …. Using longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), I estimate the intertemporal elasticity of substitution …, I find evidence that households intertemporally substitute consumption. The estimates of the IES are statistically …

subjective indicators reveal differences in satisfaction with household income, health, and childcare. In contrast, job … crime levels and their own financial circumstances, whereas concerns about xenophobia and employment have diminished …, employability and health-related well-being. Our results indicate that being unemployed has a strong negative effect on life …

, employability and health-related well-being. Our results indicate that being unemployed has a strong negative effect on life … satisfaction and health. They also, however, highlight the fact that this effect is most prominent among individuals over the age … of 40. A second observation is that job insecurity is also associated with lower levels of life satisfaction and health …

emphasized in recent studies. We also find that an individual with high leisure demand after retirement reduces consumption …

"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the … NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. This paper examines the links between the disease environment around the time … of a woman's birth, and her health at the time she delivers her own infant. Our results suggest that exposure to disease …