Breyer, Friedrich; Lorenz, Normann; Niebel, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
, rising longevity - through falling mortality rates - may even reduce HCE. However, a weakness of previous empirical studies … impact of rising longevity on the trend of HCE over time by using data for a pseudo-panel of German sickness fund members … basis of an official population forecast for Germany is used to isolate the effect of demographic ageing on real per …