Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality: Evidence from Denmark and the United States
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Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality : Evidence from Denmark and the United States. / B. Dahl, Gordon; Kreiner, Claus Thustrup; Nielsen, Torben Heien; Serena, Benjamin Ly.
2020.Publikation: Working paper › Forskning
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T1 - Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality
T2 - Evidence from Denmark and the United States
AU - B. Dahl, Gordon
AU - Kreiner, Claus Thustrup
AU - Nielsen, Torben Heien
AU - Serena, Benjamin Ly
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - We decompose changing gaps in life expectancy between rich and poor into differential changes in age-specific mortality rates and differences in "survivability". Declining age-specific mortality rates increases life expectancy, but the gain is small if the likelihood of living to this age is small (ex ante survivability) or if the expected remaining lifetime is short (ex post survivability). Lower survivability of the poor explains half of the recent rise in life expectancy inequality in the US and the entire rise in Denmark. Cardiovascular mortality declines favored the poor, but differences in lifestyle-related survivability led inequality to rise.
AB - We decompose changing gaps in life expectancy between rich and poor into differential changes in age-specific mortality rates and differences in "survivability". Declining age-specific mortality rates increases life expectancy, but the gain is small if the likelihood of living to this age is small (ex ante survivability) or if the expected remaining lifetime is short (ex post survivability). Lower survivability of the poor explains half of the recent rise in life expectancy inequality in the US and the entire rise in Denmark. Cardiovascular mortality declines favored the poor, but differences in lifestyle-related survivability led inequality to rise.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - CEPR Discussion Paper Series
BT - Linking Changes in Inequality in Life Expectancy and Mortality
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