Unexpected health shocks may bring catastrophic consequences for households. This
paper examines the effect of unexpected adverse health shocks on household members' …

How does health affect one's preferences and ability to self-insure? How does it impact
one's valuation of government insurance? I build a life-cycle model in which health affects …

This paper examines the welfare effects of work restrictions in disability benefit programs.
Work restrictions can discincentivize people with high work capability from applying and …

Health is a complex dynamic process that impacts many economic decisions in ways that
remain poorly understood. This paper comprehensively reviews how health is modelled in …

This dissertation consists of three chapters. The first chapter aims to answer the following
questions: how does health affect one's preferences and ability to self-insure? How does it …

This dissertation primarily centers its attention on the issue of income inequalities within the
labor market of Japan. The overarching theme of the three chapters revolves around the …

This thesis focuses on two themes in the field of Macroeconomics. First, the importance of
family ties and insurance within the family for labor supply decisions, and their …

To what extent are young workers affected by health shocks that happen to their parents?
This paper studies the short and long-term spillover effects of parents' adverse health events …