, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in … 2004 to 2050. -- Disability ; mortality ; international comparisons ; microsimulation …

, comparable panel evidence available in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). It considers both physical … fundamentally affected by ageing, and it adds little to our capacity to predict how work capacity evolves with age. Fourth …

With the population ageing the development of sustainable long-term care institutions is of great importance in many … years policy addressing ageing related problems was developed, focusing on the active ageing instruments. Dependency … prevention and active ageing are among goals of national policies formulated separately in the health and social sector …

) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra … in young adult obesity rates as a result of the income transfers, while the BMI of poorer children increases. Part of … persist for several years into young adulthood. -- obesity ; health ; cash transfer ; adolescents ; indigenous peoples …

The public economic burden of shifting trends in population health remains uncertain. Sustained increases in obesity …, and increases public assistance. Using a microsimulation approach, we quantify the competing public-finance consequences … obesity have increased net public-sector liabilities by $430bn, or approximately 4% of the current debt burden. Larger effects …

benchmark Mincer earnings equation, and using a newly developed microsimulation model we project future pension benefits for …