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A systematic literature review of studies analyzing the effect of sex, age, education, marital status, obesity, and smoking on health transitions
Doblhammer, Gabriele; Hoffmann, Rasmus; Muth, Elena; … - In: Demographic Research 20 (2009) 5, pp. 37-64
the availability of results for each risk factor and transition, and then on detailed study characteristics and disability … population, longitudinal design, risk factors, transition, and outcome measures. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818164
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The Mortality Crisis in East Germany
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Riphahn, Regina T. - 1998
A number of studies suggest that mortality rates among East German men increased in the wake of reunification, in … mortality and cause of death statistics based on detailed regional data. The results indicate that there was indeed an increase … in mortality rates which cannot be dismissed as a statistical artefact. Next, the paper discusses various theories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262254
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The Mortality Crisis in East Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998
A number of studies suggest that mortality rates among East German men increased in the wake of reunification, in … mortality and cause of death statistics based on detailed regional data. The results indicate that there was indeed an increase … in mortality rates which cannot be dismissed as a statistical artefact. Next, the paper discusses various theories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822360
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Are COVID fatalities in the US higher than in the EU, and if so, why?
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2020
The COVID crisis has severely hit both the United States and the European Union. Even though they are the wealthiest regions in the world, they differ substantially in economic performance, demographic characteristics, type of government, health systems, and measures undertaken to counteract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290644
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Are Long-Lived Persons Utility Monsters?
Ponthiere, Gregory - 2022
Nozick's "utility monster" - a being who is more efficient than other persons at transforming resources into well-being - is often regarded as deeply impossible, on the ground of the incapacity of a single person to have a life that is better than a large number of other lives. In this article,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013411422
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Working time regulation, unequal lifetimes and fairness
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2016
We examine the redistributive impact of working time regulations in an economy with unequal lifetimes. It is shown that uniform working time reductions, when uncompensated (i.e. constant hourly wage), can reduce inequalities in realized lifetime well-being between short-lived and long-lived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586259
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The impact of reducing the pension generosity on inequality and schooling
Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia - 2019
In this paper we investigate the impact of a reduction in the pension replacement rate on the schooling choice and on inequality. We develop an overlapping generations model in which individuals differ by their life expectancy and in the cost of attending schooling. Individuals optimally choose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126117
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Redistributive effects of the US pension system among individuals with different life expectancy
Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia - 2017
We investigate the differential impact that pension systems have on the labor supply and the accumulation of physical and human capital for individuals that differ by their learning ability and levels of life expectancy. Our analysis is calibrated to the US economy using a general equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011620616
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The road towards a better vital registration system: changes in the mortality profile, under-registration of death counts, and ill-defined causes of deaths in Brazil
Lima, Everton; Queiroz, Bernardo - Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional … - 2013
better understanding of the dynamics of health and mortality transition in Brazil. … to the evolution of completeness of death counts registration and the changes in the mortality age profile. We make use … of the mortality database available at the Brazilian Ministry of Health Database - Datasus and Population Censuses from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010858857
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Redistributive effects of different pension structures when longevity varies by socioeconomic status in a general equilibrium setting
Sanchez-Romero, Miguel; Lee, Ronald Demos; … - 2019
nonredistributive plan that accounts for differences in mortality, US Social Security reduces regressivity from longevity differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314266