Gender inequalities in longevity/mortality are a major area of research since the 1970s. Despite substantial insights … on the question, to which extent socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality for important causes of … aggregated mortality data from Austria both at the community and the district level covering the time period 1969 - 2004. By …

, we use rich contextual data on morbidity and mortality, as well as on the socioeconomic status of parents, for the period … influenza suffered from worse adult health and, for males, also increased mortality at old ages, particularly in cancer. Their …

Case and Deaton (2015) document that, since 1998, midlife mortality rates are increasing for white non-Hispanics in the … despair, and by the subgroup of low-educated individuals. In contrast, average mortality for middle-aged men and women … continued to decrease in several other high-income countries including Germany. However, average mortality rates can disguise …

Gender inequalities in longevity/mortality are a major area of research since the 1970s. Despite substantial insights … on the question, to which extent socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality for important causes of … aggregated mortality data from Austria both at the community and the district level covering the time period 1969 - 2004. By …

Gender inequalities in longevity/mortality are a major area of research since the 1970s. Despite substantial insights … on the question, to which extent socioeconomic variables determine the gender gap in mortality for important causes of … aggregated mortality data from Austria both at the community and the district level covering the time period 1969 - 2004. By …