Gaudecker, Hans-Martin von; Scholz, Rembrandt D. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006
We estimate remaining life expectancy at age 65 using a very large sample of male German pensioners. Our analysis is entirely nonparametric. Furthermore, the data enable us to compare life expectancy in eastern and western Germany conditional on a measure of socio-economic status. Our findings...