Are mortality and life expectancy differences by socioeconomic groups increasing in the United States? Using a unique … by lifetime earnings for the 1983 to 2003 period. The results indicate a consistent increase in mortality differentials … point to almost five decades of increasing differential mortality in the United States. -- Differential mortality ; Life …

mortality. The authors test the hypothesis that selection during famine changes the frailty distributions of cohorts and may … hide negative long-term effects. They use death counts from age 60+ from the Human Mortality Data Base for the birth …. Statistically, long-term effects of famine on mortality become only visible when changes in the frailty distribution of cohorts are …

This article provides a comprehensive econometric analysis of factors driving aggregate mortality rates over time. It …-2004, indicates that sex- and age-specific mortality rates vary substantially in their response to external factors. Strongest … of explained data volatility can be substantially increased. -- Aggregate mortality ; business cycle ; socio …

aggregate mortality rates over time. It differs from previous contributions in this field by simultaneously considering an … that sex- and age-specific mortality rates vary substantially in their response to external factors. Strongest associations … age group that capture a substantial fraction of the observed variation in annual mortality change, and thereby confirm …

applications amongst which we find stochastic mortality modelling, forecasting of death causes as well as profit and loss modelling …