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incentives. We study how two changes in Swedish inheritance taxation 2003/04 and 2004/05 have affected mortality during the turns …
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very old (75+). We also study excess-mortality conditional on the mode of OAC. Three forms of publicly provided OAC are … mortality among cohabitants with home-help services, while it is higher among cohabitants with special accommodation. Our …
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I investigate the effect of income on mortality of the pensioners, com- paring three subsequent policy periods in …- come on health. I estimate that lower pension did not change the mortality rate. The results are confirmed using both …
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This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
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Since the sinking of the Titanic, there has been a widespread belief that the social norm of 'women and children first' gives women a survival advantage over men in maritime disasters, and that captains and crew give priority to passengers. We analyze a database of 18 maritime disasters spanning...
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We provide new evidence on the causal effect of higher education on mortality. Our empirical strategy exploits the … vital statistics, we document an upward kink in the age-specific yearly mortality rate of individuals in the affected … cohorts. We estimate a negative effect of college on mortality between ages 34-74, which is larger for men, but also sizable …
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for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …
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incentives. We study how three changes in Swedish inheritance taxation 2004-2005 have affected daily all-cause mortality. Our … first main result is that mortality decreased by 16 percent the day before the beginning of expected tax reductions. Second …
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We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to …
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Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …
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