this paper uses the European SHARE survey. Results are essentially fivefold. First, physical health and cognitive … performance deteriorate with age. Second, the 50-54 employment rate is negatively impacted by ill health, less so by poor … cognition. Third, ill health affects employment much more than hours. Fourth, there is no evidence of health justification bias …

the health/cognitive capacity to work longer? This paper asks how much older individuals (55-75) could work if they worked … as much as their younger (50-54) counterparts in similar health/with equal cognition. It uses international, European …, comparable panel evidence available in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). It considers both physical …

emigration, and provinces with higher public spending on health. Finally, we estimate economic cost of cold and heat waves using …

The aim of the study is to quantify climate induced health risks for Germany. Based on high resolution climate … intensity increases overall but more in the south. Referring to empirical studies on heat induced health effects we estimate an …

Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource (HHR) migration, the empirical dimension of the health …-worker crisis debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical literature. A health worker crisis is overwhelming the world …. Shortages in health professionals are reaching staggering levels in many parts of the globe. This paper complements existing …

.This paper examines the implications of this for global health efforts and recommends a tailored middle-income strategy for … global health funders. The paper describes trends in the global distribution of poverty, preventable infectious diseases, and … health aid response to date; revisits the rationale for health aid through agencies like GAVI and the Global Fund; and …

Acemoglu and Johnson (2007) present evidence that improvements in population health do not promote economic growth. We … show that their result depends critically on the assumption that initial health has no causal effect on subsequent economic … growth. We argue that such an effect is likely, primarily because childhood health affects adult productivity. In our …