Narrow search
Showing 21 - 30 of 107,786
Cover Image
Poverty and transitions in health
Adena, Maja; Myck, Michał - 2013
analysed. In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009782757
Cover Image
Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2019
health, self-rated health to mortality. Our analytic sample includes about 8,000 Chinese persons age above 60. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153307
Cover Image
Can pensions save lives? : evidence from the introduction of old-age assistance in the UK
Jäger, Philipp - 2023
I study the impact of old-age assistance on mortality using the introduction of public pensions in the UK in 1909 as a … an event-time design, I show that elderly mortality in England and Wales declined after the pension was introduced. The … estimated mortality decline is economically relevant, more pronounced in counties with a higher share of pensioners and is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014235352
Cover Image
Wealth shocks and health outcomes : evidence from stock market fluctuations
Schwandt, Hannes - 2014
Do wealth shocks affect the health of the elderly in developed countries? The economic literature is skeptical about such effects which have so far only been found for poor retirees in poor countries. In this paper I show that wealth shocks also matter for the health of wealthy retirees in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380034
Cover Image
Changes in morbidity over time : evidence from Europe
Heger, Dörte; Kolodziej, Ingo W. K. - 2016
The elderly are the main beneficiaries of recent gains in life expectancy in the EU. Whether the additional life time is spent in good or in poor health will drastically influence the development of health care costs as morbidity status rather than age per se determines an individual’s need...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532592
Cover Image
Run for Your Life? The Effect of Close Elections on the Life Expectancy of Politicians
Borgschulte, Mark - 2017
We use a regression discontinuity design to estimate the causal effect of election to political office on natural lifespan. In contrast to previous findings of shortened lifespan among US presidents and other heads of state, we find that US governors and other political office holders live over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955039
Cover Image
Fatal Attraction? Extended Unemployment Benefits, Labor Force Exits, and Mortality
Kuhn, Andreas - 2018
We estimate the causal effect of permanent and premature exits from the labor force on mortality. To overcome the …-eligible regions. Using administrative data with precise information on mortality and retirement, we find that the policy change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909970
Cover Image
Wealth Shocks and Health Outcomes : Evidence from Stock Market Fluctuations
Schwandt, Hannes - 2014
Do wealth shocks affect the health of the elderly in developed countries? The economic literature is skeptical about such effects which have so far only been found for poor retirees in poor countries. In this paper I show that wealth shocks also matter for the health of wealthy retirees in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050970
Cover Image
The Effect of Income on Mortality : New Evidence for the Absence of a Causal Link
Ahammer, Alexander - 2015
We analyze the effect of income on mortality in Austria using administrative social security data. To tackle potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016323
Cover Image
Aging in the USA : similarities and disparities across time and space
Abeliansky, Ana Lucia; Erel, Devin; Strulik, Holger - 2019
particular regularity, akin to the compensation effect of mortality. Health deficits converge for men and women and across American …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105067