consumption due to faster economic growth. Consequently, the debate on rising health care expenditures should not predominantly be … based on the growth effects of health care. …

health investments. As a novelty, we are able to examine the feedback effects between life expectancy and R&D-driven economic …, and iv) there exists a growth-maximizing size of the health caresector that might lie beyond what is observed in most … growth and contribute to the debate surroundingrising health shares and economic development. …

this paper we investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the annual time …-series behavior of U.S. longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and output … annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, …

This paper discusses the relationship between medical innovations and ageing from a health economics perspective and … surveys empirical evidence on medical R&D incentives, R&D costs of pharmaceuticals, and the cost-effectiveness of health … conceptualization of ageing as an accumulation of health deficits. The paper also discusses the role of medical progress for longevity …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …

paper we investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the annual time-series behavior of … U.S. longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and output fluctuations as … U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual data are available …

consumption. We investigate whether an aggregate health production function can help to explain the substantial fluctuations in … the rate of increase in longevity since 1960. We view longevity as the output of the health production function, and … models using annual U.S. time-series data on life expectancy, health expenditure, and medical innovation. Reliable annual …