The saving patterns of retired US households pose a challenge to the basic life-cycle model
of saving. The observed patterns of out-of-pocket medical expenses, which rise quickly with …

The degree to which retirement decisions are driven by health is a key concern for both
academics and policy makers. In this review, we survey the economic literature on the health …

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 …

Estimates of how health affects employment vary considerably. We assess how different
methods and health measures impact estimates of the impact of health on employment …

We estimate a stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset
accumulation, and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health …

We quantify the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) using a stochastic general
equilibrium overlapping generations model with endogenous health capital accumulation …

In a quantitative model of Social Security with endogenous health, I argue that Social
Security increases the aggregate health spending of the economy because it redistributes …

Building on early animal studies, 20th-century researchers increasingly explored the fact
that early events–ranging from conception to childhood–affect a child's health trajectory in …

Studies have found substantial differences in health-related behavior and health care usage
between educational groups, which may explain part of the well-documented educational …

Estimates of effect of health on employment differ from study to study due to differences in
methods, data, institutional background and health measure. We assess the importance of …