Income and Longevity Revisited: Do High-earning Women Live Longer?
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The empirical relationship between income and longevity has been addressed by a large number of studies, but most were confined to men. For the first time we analyze a large data set from the German public pension scheme on women who died between 1994 and 2005, employing both non-parametric and parametric methods. We find that the relationship between earnings and life expectancy is similar for women and men: Among women who contributed at least for 25 years, women at the 90th percentile of the income distribution can expect to live 3 years longer than women at the 10th percentile.
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Income and Longevity Revisited : Do High - Earning Women Live Longer ? 1037 Discussion Papers
Opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect views of the institute. The empirical relationship between income and longevity has been addressed by a large number of studies, but most were confined to men. In particular, administrative data from public pension systems are less reliable for women because of the loose relationship between own earnings ...
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