Sources of increasing differential mortality among the aged by socioeconomic status

Bosworth, Barry P., Gary Burtless, and Kan Zhang. “Sources of increasing differential mortality among the aged by socioeconomic status”. CRR WP 2015-10, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, June 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104712.
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Abstract

This paper uses data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to explore the extent and causes of widening differences in life expectancy by socioeconomic status (SES) for older persons. We construct alternative measures of SES using educational attainment and average (career) earnings in the prime working ages of 41-50. We also use information on causes of death, health status and various behavioral indicators (smoking, drinking, and obesity) that are believed to be predictors of premature death in an effort to explain the causes of the growing disparities in life expectancy between people of high and low SES.

Title
Sources of increasing differential mortality among the aged by socioeconomic status
Author
Bosworth, Barry P.
Burtless, Gary
Zhang, Kan
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
working paper
Date Issued
June 2015
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
CRR WP
Series Number
2015-10
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104712
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Subject
Health/long-term care

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