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Ponpoje Porapakkarm

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)

Assistant Professor

7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-Ku

Tokyo 106-8677, Tokyo 106-8677

Japan

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Scholarly Papers (15)

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The Lifetime Costs of Bad Health

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 23 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2022
Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoUniversity College London, Economics Dpt., University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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health, health insurance, medical spending, wealth-health gradient, life-cycle models

The Lifetime Costs of Bad Health

NBER Working Paper No. w23963
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 30 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2023
Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoUniversity College London, Economics Dpt., University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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The Lifetime Costs of Bad Health

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12386
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Oct 2017
Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoUniversity College London, Economics Dpt., University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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health, Health Insurance, life-cycle models, medical spending, wealth-health gradient

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Quantitative Analysis of Health Insurance Reform: Separating Regulation from Redistribution

Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2013
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2022
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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Health Insurance, Health Reform, Risk Sharing, General Equilibrium

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Work Incentives of Medicaid Beneficiaries and the Role of Asset Testing

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2016
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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health insurance, Medicaid, labor supply, asset testing, general equilibrium, life-cycle models

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Accounting for Social Security Claiming Behavior

CRR WP No. 2018-8
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 30 May 2023
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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Social Security, Retirement, Annuities, Consumption and Saving, Life-Cycle Model

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Saving Motives over the Life-Cycle

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 May 2020 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2025
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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Savings, Self-Insurance, Bequest Motives, Life-Cycle Models, Medical Spending

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Cross-Subsidization in Employer-Based Health Insurance and the Effects of Tax Subsidy Reform

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2016
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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health insurance, tax subsidies, risk sharing, general equilibrium

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Welfare Costs of Reclassification Risk in the Health Insurance Market

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 19 May 2015
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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health insurance, reclassification risk, dynamic insurance, guaranteed renewable contracts, general equilibrium

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Reducing Medical Spending of the Publicly Insured: The Case for a Cash-Out Option

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2018
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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medical spending, health insurance, optimal taxation, life-cycle models, ex-post moral hazard

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Medical Spending in the US: Facts from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Dataset

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Jul 2015
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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medical spending, health insurance, health care

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Mortality Regressivity and Pension Design

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2024
Youngsoo Jang, Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
Yonsei University, University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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mortality-related redistribution, pensions, welfare criteria, Prioritarianism

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Value of Life and Annuity Demand

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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annuities, value of a statistical life, portfolio choice problem, life-contingent assets, longevity insurance

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Redistribution, Distortions, and the Welfare Effects of Social Security

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Nov 2025
Youngsoo Jang, Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
Yonsei University, University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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Social Security, Pensions, Annuities, Consumption and Saving, Life-Cycle Models

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Aging, Inadequacy, and Fiscal Constraint: The Case of Thailand

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2023
Phitawat Poonpolkul, Ponpoje Porapakkarm and Nada Wasi
Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, ANU, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo) and Bank of Thailand
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Overlapping generations model, Fiscal sustainability, Pension, Social Security, Thailand

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Saving Motives Over the Life-Cycle

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Sep 2024
Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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savings, self-insurance, bequest motives, life-cycle models, medical spending

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Mortality Regressivity and Pension Design

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Apr 2025
Youngsoo Jang, Svetlana Pashchenko and Ponpoje Porapakkarm
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Georgia and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS, Tokyo)
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Mortality-related redistribution, Welfare criteria, Pensions, Prioritarianism