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Adena, Maja; Myck, Michal - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2013

analysed. In addition to this the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 40 …

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2012 Global hunger index: the challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses

von Grebmer, Klaus; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

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The Causal Effect of Retirement on Mortality: Evidence from Targeted Incentives to Retire Early

Bloemen, H.; Hochguertel, S.; Zweering, J. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013

This paper identifies and estimates the impact of early retirement on the probability to die within five years,using administrative micro panel data covering the entire population of the Netherlands. Among the older workers we focus on, a group of civil servants became eligible for retirement...

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The Public Economics of Increasing Longevity

Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - In: Hacienda Pública Española 200 (2012) 1, pp. 41-74

One of the greatest success stories in our societies is that people are living longer, life expectancy at birth being now above 80 years. Whereas the lengthening of life opens huge opportunities for individuals if extra years are spent in prosperity and good health, it is however often regarded...

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The effect of expanding access to health insurance on the health and mortality of Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries

Weathers, Robert R.; Stegman, Michelle - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 6, pp. 863-875

We use a social experiment to estimate the impact of expanding health insurance coverage on the health and mortality of … mental health and physical health at one year following health insurance enrollment, and no significant effects on mortality …

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On the Policy Implications of Changing Longevity

Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Grégory - CESifo - 2012

Our societies are witnessing a steady increase in longevity. This demographic evolution is accompanied by some convergence across countries, whereas substantial longevity inequalities persist within nations. The goal of this paper is to survey some crucial implications of changing longevity on...

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To give or not to give: bequest estimate and wealth impact based on a CGE model with realistic demography in Japan

Romero, Miguel Sánchez; Ogawa, Naohiro; Matsukura, Rikiya - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013

In Japan due to the rapid population aging and its large financial pressure on pay-as-you-go retirement systems, the economic impact of bequest wealth has been drawing a tremendous amount of attention. Despite that, there are neither official statistics on bequest for the whole population, nor...

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How Powerful is Demography? The Serendipity Theorem Revisited

Croix, David De La; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthière, Grégory - HAL - 2009

Introduced by Samuelson (1975), the Serendipity Theorem states that the competitive economy will converge towards the optimum steady-state provided the optimum population growth rate is imposed. This paper aims at exploring whether the Serendipity Theorem still holds in an economy with risky...

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Funding Pensions in Scotland: Would Independence Matter?

Bell, David; Comerford, David; Eiser, David - In: National Institute Economic Review 227 (2014) 1, pp. 21-21

influenced by mortality risks, the costs of borrowing and the segmentation of costs and risks (i.e. pricing to Scotland … Scotland against the resources that are available to cover these costs. Scotland has worse mortality experience than the UK as …

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Unemployment and mortality: Evidence from the PSID

Halliday, Timothy J. - In: Social Science & Medicine 113 (2014) C, pp. 15-22

We use micro-data to investigate the relationship between unemployment and mortality in the United States using … Logistic regression on a sample of over 16,000 individuals. We consider baselines from 1984 to 1993 and investigate mortality … up to ten years from the baseline. We show that poor local labor market conditions are associated with higher mortality …

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