We analyze the implications of axioms formalizing entitlements to continued life for the
evaluation of population health, when combined with basic structural axioms. A …

This paper studies the properties of the optimal taxes on bequests when individuals differ in
wage and in their risks of mortality and old‐age dependance. Survival is positively …

Welfare States do not insure citizens against the risk of premature death, ie, the risk of
having a short life. Using a dynamic OLG model with risky lifetime, this paper compares two …

As an economist, you sometimes need to get an unpublishable idea published. With this
manual, you will maximize your chances of convincing referees that your idea is, in fact …

Advantageous (or propitious) selection occurs when an increase in the premium for an
insurance contract induces high-cost actors to quit, thereby reducing the average cost …

A social insurance scheme against a short life seems impossible: ex ante (before lengths of
life are known), it is hard to identify the persons who will be short-lived, and ex post (once …

Extensive research by demographers and economists has shown that longevity differs
across socio-economic status (SES), with low-educated or low-income people living, on …

Advantageous selection occurs when the agents most eager to buy insurance are also the
cheapest ones to insure. Hemenway links it to differences in risk-aversion among agents …

Advantageous (or propitious) selection occurs when an increase in the premium of an
insurance contract induces high-cost agents to quit, thereby reducing the average cost …

This chapter presents four arguments supporting an age-differentiated tax on bequests, that
is, a tax rate on bequests that is varying with the age of the deceased. The arguments are …