“…Here, B t nominal bond holdings, R b t the interest rate on nominal bonds, W t is the nominal wage rate, R k t is the nominal rental price, and P t is the consumer price index. The household maximizes lifetime utility, (9), subject to the budget constraint, (21), the law of motion for capital, (10), and the equations that govern the health status of the household's members, (11), (12), (13), and (14). The first-order conditions for consumption, hours worked, k t+1 s t+1 , i t+1 , r t+1 , and τ t are described in the appendix.…”