| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w15235 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 15235 |
| International Differences in Longevity and Health and their Economic Consequences | |
| Pierre-Carl Michaud; Dana Goldman; Darius Lakdawalla; Adam Gailey; Yuhui Zheng | |
| 发表日期 | 2009-08-13 |
| 出版年 | 2009 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | In 1975, 50 year-old Americans could expect to live slightly longer than their European counterparts. By 2005, American life expectancy at that age has diverged substantially compared to Europe. We find that this growing longevity gap is primarily the symptom of real declines in the health of near-elderly Americans, relative to their European peers. In particular, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in Europe. We find that differences in health can explain most of the growing gap in remaining life expectancy. In addition, we quantify the public finance consequences of this deterioration in health. The model predicts that gradually moving American cohorts to the health status enjoyed by Europeans could save up to $1.1 trillion in discounted total health expenditures from 2004 to 2050. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Poverty and Wellbeing ; Labor Economics ; Labor Supply and Demand |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w15235 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/572911 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pierre-Carl Michaud,Dana Goldman,Darius Lakdawalla,et al. International Differences in Longevity and Health and their Economic Consequences. 2009. |
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