Can Health State-Contingent Assets Enable Greater Survival Rates?
Survival probability over time is higher for individuals with life-settlement access than for those without.
Kunal Sachdeva
Working paper, 2020
Using the life settlement market as a natural experiment, I find that access to wealth in poor health states increases survival rates, with effects particularly pronounced for fragile individuals living far from hospitals.
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@techreport{sachdeva2020health,
title={Can Health State-Contingent Assets Enable Greater Survival Rates?},
author={Sachdeva, Kunal},
year={2020},
type={SSRN Working Paper},
institution={Social Science Research Network},
number={3620564},
doi={10.2139/ssrn.3620564}
}