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Inequality in individual mortality and economic conditions earlier in life
Berg, Gerard J. van den (contributor);  … - 2006
We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class … inequality measures. The results indicate that being born in a recession increases the mortality rate later in life for most of … the population. Lower social classes suffer disproportionally from being born in recessions. This exacerbates mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497911
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Education and lifetime income during demographic transition
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - 2013
The paper studies the power of educational investments in relation to transfers for fostering lifetime income and for reducing income inequality in Germany. The welfare analysis is based on a model of age-dependent human capital accumulation, featuring dynamic complementarities in skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732726
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Changing mortality rates and income inequality among the U.S. elderly
Burtless, Gary - 2014
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Redistribution and insurance : mandatory annuitization with mortality heterogeneity
Brown, Jeffrey R. - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001704628
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Mortality, income, and income inequality over time in Britain and the United States
Deaton, Angus; Paxson, Christina H. - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001621220
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Relative deprivation, inequality, and mortality
Deaton, Angus - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001548875
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Mortality, education, income, and inequality among American cohorts
Deaton, Angus; Paxson, Christina - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001390158
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Relative Status and Well-Being : Evidence from U.S. Suicide Deaths
Daly, Mary C. - 2007
Mortality Study and (2) the Detailed Mortality Files combined with the 5 percent Public Use Micro Sample of the 1990 decennial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728721
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Pauvreté, Egalité, Mortalité : Mortality (In)Equality in France and the United States
Currie, Janet - 2018
We develop a method to compare levels and trends in inequality in mortality in the United States and France in a …, inequality in mortality in France remained remarkably low and stable. In the United States, inequality in mortality increased for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918612
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Inequality in Life and Death
Eichenbaum, Martin S.; Rebelo, Sérgio; Trabandt, Mathias - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We argue that the Covid epidemic disproportionately affected the economic well-being and health of poor people. To disentangle the forces that generated this outcome, we construct a model that is consistent with the heterogeneous impact of the Covid recession on low- and high-income people....
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