The developed world is in the midst of an enormous demographic transition, with life expectancy increasing and fertility falling, leading to a rapid aging of the population. This trend has critical implications for long-term care around the world. This paper serves as the introduction to a...

Analyses in the Economics of Aging summarizes a massive amount of new research on several popular and less-examined topics pertaining to the relationship between economics and aging. Among the many themes explored in this volume, considerable attention is given to new research on retirement...

We introduce financial education that helps potential retail consumers of a suboptimal insurance product with shrouded attributes ask the right questions, and provide rules of thumb to evaluate theproduct. Our intervention reduces the potential demand for the suboptimal product. We use a model...

Healthcare systems differ greatly across the world, however, it appears that the extent of public insurance (publicly/government funded healthcare) is the only institutional characteristic that plays a significant role in accounting for the large disparities in total healthcare spending. Other...

Conceptual and applied studies assessing the linkage between economic freedom and corruption expect that economic freedom boosts economic growth, improves income, and reduces levels of corruption. However, most of them have concentrated on developed and developing groups, while Association of...

Policymaker commentary : how explicit benefits plans have helped Mexico in its transition towards UHC / Eduardo González Pier -- Defining the rules of the game : good governance principles for the design and revision of your benefits package / Ursula Giedion and Javier Guzmán -- Tracking the...

Abstract: Die Belastung der Arbeitgeber durch Lohnzusatzkosten wird in Deutschland seit Jahren als gravierendes wirtschafts- bzw. arbeitsmarktpolitisches Problem diskutiert. Vor diesem Hintergrund war die Entkopplung der Gesundheitsausgaben von den Lohnkosten auch Ziel der jüngsten...