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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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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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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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for the period of the Ghost Months reductions in mortality, hospital admissions, and births. While the effect on mortality …
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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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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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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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This paper constructs a rich model of saving for retired single people. Our framework allows for bequest motives and heterogeneity in medical expenses and life expectancies. We estimate the model using AHEAD data and the method of simulated moments. The data show that out-of-pocket medical...
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The class of new worse/better than used in expectation on average (NWUEA/NBUEA) distributions is proposed. It is defined by the requirement that for each age t a weighted average of mean residual lives be greater/smaller than the life expectancy at birth. The weights are the shares of ages up to...
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This paper investigates the effect of adverse selection on the private annuity market in a model with two periods of retirement. In order to introduce the existence of limited-time pension insurance, we assume that for each period of retirement separate contracts can be purchased. Demand for the...
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