This special issue of the Journal of the Economics of Ageing brings together research at the intersection of health, ageing, and longevity from an economic perspective. As populations worldwide experience unprecedented shifts in demographic structures, the economic implications of ageing are becoming increasingly central to policy and practice. The issue explores topics such as the …

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This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of chronic disease in the United Kingdom (UK). We use individual-level data to estimate how diagnoses of six major diseases affect labor market transitions and combine these with a tractable growth model with age-specific productivity and labor force participation to quantify the impact of chronic disease on UK economic …

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