mortality rises with age and a large share of HCE is caused by proximity to death. As a consequence, rising longevity - through … falling mortality rates - may even reduce HCE. However, a weakness of previous empirical studies is that they use cross …-sectional evidence to make inferences on a development over time. In this paper we try to isolate the impact of rising longevity on the …

A robust relationship between subjective well-being and mortality has been established in the literature. While this … claims for the benefits of well-being on mortality: while life satisfaction generally predicts longer survival in the data …

and mortality, paying particular attention to possible differences by sex and region. Higher parity is associated with …'s physical health and survival is negative. Early motherhood is paralleled by poorer physical health in West Germany, whereas … late motherhood is associated with lower psychological well-being in East Germany. Moreover, among Western German women …

While regional mortality inequalities in Germany tend to be relatively stable in the short run, over the course of the … spatial mortality disparities in Germany since 1900, and link them with theoretical considerations and existing research on … past century marked changes have occurred in the country’s regional mortality patterns. These changes include not only the …

mortality, including age, gender, SES, and disability. These findings suggest that feeling in control may ameliorate steep end …