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Uncertain Health and Survival: Efefcts on End-of-Life Consumption

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Lillard, L.A.
Weiss, Y.

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The paper analyses the impact of health and survival uncertainty on the saving and consumption decisions of retirees.

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Paper provided by Tel Aviv in its series Papers with number 7-96.

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Length: 40 pages
Date of creation: 1996
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Handle: RePEc:fth:teavfo:7-96

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Keywords: HEALTH; SAVINGS;

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I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General

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  2. Mariacristina De Nardi & Eric French & John Bailey Jones, 2006. "Differential Mortality, Uncertain Medical Expenses, and the Saving of Elderly Singles," NBER Working Papers 12554, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Smith, V. Kerry & Van Houtven, George, 1998. "Non-Market Valuation and the Household," Discussion Papers dp-98-31, Resources For the Future. [Downloadable!]
  4. James P. Smith, 1999. "Healthy Bodies and Thick Wallets: The Dual Relation between Health and Economic Status," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 13(2), pages 145-166, Spring. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Jennifer Ward-Batts, 2001. "Health, Wealth and Gender: Do Health Shocks of Husbands and Wives Have Different Impacts on Household Wealth?," Working Papers wp016, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center. [Downloadable!]
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