A health production model with endogenous retirement

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 883-902

  Galama, Titus ^a   Kapteyn, Arie ^a,b,c   Fonseca, Raquel ^a,d   Michaud, Pierre Carl ^a,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

I10; I12; J00; J24; J26

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; FALLING; HEALTH; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

DEMAND FOR HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH CAPITAL; I10; I12; J00; J24; J26; LABOR; MEDICAL CARE; RETIREMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETIREMENT; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 84880131493     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2865     Document Type: Article

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