@article {11636,
	title = {The Changing Relationship between Bodyweight and Longevity in High- and Low-Income Countries},
	number = {28813},
	year = {2021},
	institution = {National Bureau of Economic Research},
	address = {Cambridge, MA},
	abstract = {Standard measures of bodyweight (overweight and obese, for example) fail to reflect technological progress over time - and in particular, recent progress disproportionately promoting longevity at higher bodyweights (and differences in access to it). This paper builds on the pioneering work of Hans Waaler (Waaler, 1984) and Robert Fogel (Fogel, 1994) to empirically estimate how technological progress, and differential access to it, have fundamentally transformed the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and longevity in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. Importantly, we show that the combined effect of technological progress and access to it across countries is so profound that the share of national populations above mortality-minimizing bodyweight is not clearly greater in countries with higher overweight and obesity rates (as traditionally defined) - and in fact, relative to current standards, a larger share of low-income countries{\textquoteright} populations can be unhealthily heavy.},
	keywords = {BMI, Income, MHAS, Technology},
	doi = {10.3386/w28813},
	author = {Joanna Aleksandra Kopinska and Atella, Vincenzo and Bhattacharya, Jay and Grant Miller}
}
@article {9783,
	title = {Public health insurance and household portfolio Choices: Unravelling financial {\textquotedblleft}Side Effects{\textquotedblright} of Medicare.},
	journal = {Journal of Banking \& Finance},
	volume = {93},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Jan-08-2018},
	pages = {198-212},
	abstract = {Large, unpredictable and not fully insurable health-care costs represent a source of background risk that might deter households{\textquoteright} financial risk taking. Using panel data from the Health and Retirement Study, we test whether universal health insurance, like Medicare for over-65 Americans, shields against this risk promoting stockholding. We adopt a fixed-effects estimation strategy, thereby taking into account household-level heterogeneity in health status and private insurance coverage. We find that, before Medicare eligibility, households in poor health, who face a higher risk of medical expenses, are less likely to hold stocks than their healthier counterparts. Yet, this gap is mostly eliminated by Medicare. Notably, the offsetting is primarily experienced by households in poor health and without private health insurance over the observation period. },
	keywords = {Finances, Health Conditions and Status, Medicare/Medicaid/Health Insurance, Stocks},
	issn = {03784266},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jbankfin.2018.05.001},
	author = {Marco Angrisani and Atella, Vincenzo and Brunetti, Marianna}
}
