unintended side effects for retirees' health or healthcare costs. This paper empirically analyzes the effect of (early …

We study medical progress within an economy of overlapping generations subject to endogenous mortality. We characterize …

) many reasons (financial restrictions, time costs, access barriers, lack of information, “not usual” and low perceived …

illness and mortality shocks is that a death of a household member does not only induce direct costs such as medical and … severe impact on household income. Few studies have so fare examined the effects of mortality. The major difference between … funeral costs and possibly a loss in income, but that also the number of consumption units in the household is reduced …

The paper estimates the effect of SO2 pollution on infant mortality in Germany, 1985-2003. To avoid simultaneity … are comparable across subsamples. Excess mortality mainly accrues in the first month after birth. …

estimates the effect of reduced alcohol sales hours on alcohol-attributable mortality (AAM) in Estonia. Using novel mortality …