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Health Endowments, Schooling Allocation in the Family, and Longevity : Evidence from US Twins
Savelyev, Peter A.; Ward, Benjamin; Krueger, Robert F.; … - 2021
health and longevity in contrast to other twin-based studies of the US population, which show little or no effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216567
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Human-Capital Formation : The Importance of Endogenous Longevity
Galama, Titus J.; van Kippersluis, Hans - 2022
influence their own length of life (endogenous longevity). Without the ability of individuals to influence their longevity, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013290845
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Human-Capital Formation : The Importance of Endogenous Longevity
Galama, Titus J.; van Kippersluis, Hans - 2022
influence their own length of life (endogenous longevity). Without the ability of individuals to influence their longevity, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013291712
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A Health Economic Theory of Occupational Choice, Aging and Longevity
Strulik, Holger - 2022
longevity. Health-demanding work leads toa faster accumulation of health deficits and is remunerated with a hazard markup …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013292345
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Mortality, fertility, education and capital accumulation in a simple OLG economy
Ludwig, Alexander; Vogel, Edgar - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003845853
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735974
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Does universalization of healthwork? : evidence from health systems restructuring and expansion in Brazil
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2019
driving mechanisms. We find sharp increases in coverage of primary health facilities with GPs and outreach workers and, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974631
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The Longevity of Famous People from Hammurabi to Einstein
Croix, David de la; Licandro, Omar - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2012
longevity to the cohort born in 1640-9, clearly preceding the Industrial Revolution. Third, we find that this timing of … longevity improvements concerns most countries in Europe, as well as all types of skilled occupations. Finally, the reasons for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851448
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The longevity of famous people from Hammurabi to Einstein
DE LA CROIX, David; LICANDRO, Omar - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2012
in longevity to the cohort born in 1640-9, clearly preceding the Industrial Revolution. Third, we find that this timing … of improvements in longevity concerns most countries in Europe, as well as all types of skilled occupations. Finally, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010927719
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A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Over the Life Cycle
Galama, Titus J.; van Kippersluis, Hans - 2010
relations. We present a life-cycle model that incorporates multiple mechanisms explaining (jointly) a large part of the observed … are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Our model predicts a widening and possibly a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192101