It is widely believed that health plays a major role in retirement decisions. The most important problem in including … health in retirement models is the lack of availability of a good measure of health at the individual level in existing data … sets. This problem is exacerbated when a model spanning multiple countries is desired, because self-reports on health may …

formal analysis of disability insurance programs, with this key question: Given health status, to what extent are the … mortality as one indicator of health that is comparable across countries and over time in the same country. We then consider how … mortality is related to other indicators of health status, in particular self-assessed health and then how trends in DI …

High food prices can be an immediate threat to household food security, undermining population health, retarding human … population health measured by infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, and the prevalence of undernourishment. We find that … rising food prices have a significant and adverse effect on all three health indicators in developing countries. Furthermore …

The extent of premature death and ill health in the developing world is staggering. Death and ill health on such a … concerns that led the international community to put health firmly at the center of the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) when … health globally, especially in developing countries calls for committed and renewed focus on what works on-the-ground without …

activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward. -- Comparison ; habituation ; income … ; unemployment ; marriage ; divorce ; health ; religion ; policy …

activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward. -- comparison ; habituation ; income … ; unemployment ; marriage ; divorce ; health ; religion ; policy …

This monograph surveys the results of government intervention in the market for retirement income provision throughout … the world. The authors begin by looking at high-income democracies in which governments have, to a large degree, taken … muscles. The authors find the same patterns in middle-income and low-income countries. State pension systems are often found …