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"Is inequality largely the result of the Industrial Revolution? Or, were pre-industrial incomes and life expectancies as unequal as they are today? For want of sufficient data, these questions have not yet been answered. This paper infers inequality for 14 ancient, pre-industrial societies using...
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As growing numbers of retirees reach retirement age with substantial balances in self-directed retirement plans, annuities are likely to become increasingly important instruments for drawing down retirement savings. This study explores recent trends in the pricing of single-premium annuity...
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The 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances provides information on household wealth ownership that can be used to estimate the effect of changing the Unified Estate and Gift Tax Credit on estate tax revenues. The survey also includes data on the prices at which assets were purchased, along with...
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in the past two decades, the most recent in 1995-96. We find that mortality rates for the very young and the elderly … increase or decline less rapidly in crisis years as compared with non-crisis years. In late 1995-96 crisis, mortality rates … 0.4 percent increase in mortality for the elderly and a 0.06 percent increase in mortality for the very young. We find …
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an individual accounts retirement program. I first estimate mortality differentials by gender, race, ethnicity and level … of education using the National Longitudinal Mortality Study and document substantial differences. I then use these …
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connects those anthropometric measurements with an index of childhood mortality estimated from the censuses of 1900 and 1910 … primarily from the censuses of 1900 and 1910. The results indicate that early childhood mortality was a good (negative …
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The objective of this paper is to find the quantitative importance of some predictors of mortality among the population … including a history of heart attack or cancer, and subjective probabilities of survival. The estimation is based on mortality …-economic indicators and mortality declines with age 13 health indicators are strong predictors of mortality and that the subjective …
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Child injury mortality rates have declined steadily over time and across causes of death. This paper investigates … Mortality Detail Files on the number of child deaths by age, cause, and state and combine this information with data from the … producing health. These results provide a first effort in understanding the dramatic reduction in child injury mortality. They …
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' arises from differences in mortality risk, marital status, risk aversion, and the presence of pre-existing annuities such as …
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