Goldin, Claudia; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2018
life expectancy at birth is around four to six years (seven in Japan). But have women always lived so much longer than men … the ages of 5 and 25. Increased longevity of women, therefore, occurred as the burden of infectious disease fell for all …. Our explanation does not tell us why women live longer than men, but it does help understand the timing of the increase …