High-income countries have generally experienced falling fertility in recent decades. In most
of these countries, the total fertility rate is now below the level that implies a stable …

We examine the effect of retirement on healthcare utilization in China using longitudinal
data. We use a nonparametric fuzzy regression discontinuity design, exploiting the statutory …

We propose a novel framework to analyze the macroeconomic impact of non-communicable
diseases. We incorporate measures of disease prevalence into a human capital augmented …

Motivated by the observation that medical care explains only a relatively small part of the
socio-economic status (SES)-health gradient, we present a life-cycle model that incorporates …

The strong observable correlation between health and economic growth is crucial for
economic development and sustained well-being, but the underlying causality and …

We analyze the economic consequences for less developed countries of investing in female
health. In so doing we introduce a novel micro-founded dynamic general equilibrium …

This article revisits the economics of insurance using insights from derivatives pricing and
hedging. Applying this perspective, I emphasize the following insights applicable to …

We study the impact of health insurance expansion on medical spending, longevity and
welfare in an OLG economy in which individuals purchase health care to lower mortality and …

Using individual‐level administrative panel data from Hungary, we estimate causal effects of
retirement on outpatient and inpatient care expenditures and pharmaceutical expenditures …

Leaf photosynthetic properties, for example the maximum carboxylation velocity or Vc, max,
change with leaf age due to ontogenetic processes. This study introduces an optimal …