Married people live longer than singles but how much of the longevity gap is causal and what the particular mechanisms … making of a couple into a biologically founded life-cycle model of health deficit accumulation and endogenous longevity. We …% of the marriage gain in longevity of men can be motivated by economic calculus while the marriage gain for women observed …

Married people live longer than singles but how much of the longevity differential is causal and what the particular … biologically-founded life-cycle model of health deficit accumulation and endogenous longevity. We calibrate the model with U … longevity of men can be motivated by economic calculus while the marriage gain for women observed in the data is attributed to …

anorexia nervosa and its impact on health and longevity. Individuals consume normal goods and foods and can work off excess …

This study presents a new view on the association between education and longevity. In contrast to the earlier … gradient by idiosyncratic returns to education, with causality running from education to longevity. The theory also explains … why compulsory schooling has comparatively small effects on longevity and why the gradient gets larger over time through …

This note extends the theory of optimal aging and death (Dalgaard and Strulik, 2010) towards uncertain death …

This study presents a novel view on education and health behavior of individuals constrained by aging bodies. The aging … unhealthy behavior and 5 percent more health expenditure and thus explains half a year gain of longevity. Progress in medical …

Aging humans adapt to their worsening state of health and old people are usually happier than estimated by young … expectancy, and the value of life. We set up a a life cycle model in which individuals are subject to physiological aging … adaptation generally increases the value of life (by about 2 to 5 percent), its impact on health behavior and longevity depends …