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The value of healthy ageing: Estimating the economic value of health using time use data

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  • Santos, João Vasco
  • Cylus, Jonathan

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Economic arguments in favour of investing in health and health care are important for policy making, yet demonstrating the potential economic gains associated with health at older ages can be empirically challenging due to older peoples’ limited attachment to the labour market.

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  • Santos, João Vasco & Cylus, Jonathan, 2024. "The value of healthy ageing: Estimating the economic value of health using time use data," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 340(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:340:y:2024:i:c:s0277953623008080
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116451
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