英国威廉希尔公司经济学前沿高端讲座第三十七讲        

Health Shocks and the Evolution of Earnings over the Life-Cycle  

主讲人：丸山士行（Shiko Maruyama）教授（暨南大学）  

主持人：杨程助理教授（英国威廉希尔公司李安民经济研究院）  

嘉宾介绍：马湘君教授（英国威廉希尔公司中国经济研究院）  

时间：2023年11月20日（周一） 14：00-15：30（北京时间）  

地点：英国威廉希尔公司崇山校区五洲园一楼会议室  

线上地址：腾讯会议：140-757-657  

语言：英文  

摘要：  

We study the contribution of health shocks to earnings inequality and uncertainty in labor market outcomes. We calibrate a life-cycle model of labor supply and savings that incorporates health and health shocks. Our model features endogenous wage formation via human capital accumulation, employer sponsored health insurance, and means-tested social insurance. We find a substantial part of the impact of health shocks on earnings arises via reduced human capital accumulation. Health shocks account for 15% of lifetime earnings inequality for U.S. males, with two-thirds of this due to behavioral responses. In particular, it is optimal for low-skill workers – who often lack employer sponsored insurance – to curtail labor supply to maintain eligibility for means-tested transfers that protect them from high health care costs. This causes low-skill workers to invest less in human capital. Provision of public health insurance can alleviate this problem and enhance labor supply and human capital accumulation.  

主讲人简介：

丸山士行（Shiko Maruyama），暨南大学经济与社会研究院教授。丸山教授在2007年于美国西北大学获得经济学博士学位，曾就职于新南威尔士大学和澳大利亚悉尼科技大学。他的专业领域是健康经济学、家庭经济学、人口经济学、微观计量经济学、公共经济学、产业组织经济学以及劳动经济学。其研究主题包括生育趋势、健康、保险、医疗保健费用、非正式护理、长期体重指数趋势以及出生状况的影响等。丸山教授的研究成果发表于International Economic Review，Journal of Econometrics, Quantitative Economics以及 Journal of Health Economics等国际知名期刊。丸山教授目前担任Japanese Economic Review的共同主编，Health Economics的副主编，以及国际卫生经济学协会（IHEA）董事会成员，同时也是年度亚洲计量经济学和卫生经济学研讨会（AWEHE）的主要组织者之一。