Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequality

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Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequality. / Dahl, Gordon B.; Kreiner, Claus Thustrup; Nielsen, Torben Heien; Serena, Benjamin Ly.

In: The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, p. 1-33.

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Dahl, GB, Kreiner, CT, Nielsen, TH & Serena, BL 2024, 'Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequality', The Review of Economics and Statistics, pp. 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01148

APA

Dahl, G. B., Kreiner, C. T., Nielsen, T. H., & Serena, B. L. (2024). Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequality. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01148

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Dahl GB, Kreiner CT, Nielsen TH, Serena BL. Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequality. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 2024;1-33. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01148

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Dahl, Gordon B. ; Kreiner, Claus Thustrup ; Nielsen, Torben Heien ; Serena, Benjamin Ly. / Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequality. In: The Review of Economics and Statistics. 2024 ; pp. 1-33.

Bibtex

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abstract = "We provide a novel decomposition of changing gaps in life expectancy between rich and poor into differential changes in age-specific mortality rates and differences in “survivability”. Declining age-specific mortality rates increases life expectancy, but the gain is small if the likelihood of living to this age is small (ex-ante survivability) or if the expected remaining lifetime is short (ex-post survivability). Lower survivability of the poor explains half of the recent rise in inequality in the US and the entire rise in Denmark. Declines in cardiovascular mortality benefited rich and poor, but inequality increased because of differences in lifestyle-related survivability.",
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