Financial literature suggests that for the Elderly, investing on a longer duration increases return and lowers risk. Consequently, we examine possible effects of their relation to the future on their investments’ preferences and savings’ allocation. Then, we test different timerelated...

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between migration and social integration. It explores the hypothesis that migrants essentially differ from non-migrants with regard to the length of residence in the country – which is a proxy of migrants’ social distance to...

The private long-term care insurance (LTCI) market is a puzzle, in France and in several developed countries (United-States, Spain, etc. . . ). The long-term care insurance market is small, yet long-term care is one of the largest uninsured financial risks facing the elderly. In addition public...

A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called \health-wealth gradient", is repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study analyzes causality from health to wealth (health...