This paper reports on levels and trends in life expectancy in the 28 EU countries and some
other high-income OECD countries, and examines potential explanations for the slowdown …

Education and income are strong predictors of health and longevity. In the last 20 years,
many efforts have been made to understand if these relationships are causal and what the …

Although Australia maintains relatively high standards of health and healthcare, there exists
disparity in health outcomes and longevity among different segments of the population …

Despite unprecedented global wealth creation, health inequity—the unjust health inequality
between classes and groups among and within countries—persists, reviving the relevance …

This paper develops a computational framework for inverting Gompertz–Makeham mortality
hazard rates, consistent with compensation laws of mortality for heterogeneous populations …

Monitoring health is key for identifying priorities in public health planning and improving
healthcare services. Life expectancy has conventionally been regarded as a valuable …

This paper is concerned with the mathematical problem of allocating longevity-linked fund
payouts in a pool where participants differ in both wealth (contributions) and health …

We investigate the returns to college attendance in Canada in terms of health and mortality
reduction. To do so, we first use a dynamic health microsimulation model to document how …

Mortality is a crucial indicator of well-being, and recent mortality trends have been a subject
of public debate in many Western countries. This paper compares mortality inequality in …

There is little disagreement among insurance actuaries and financial economists about the
societal benefits of longevity-risk pooling in the form of life annuities, defined benefit …