Differential mortality by lifetime earnings in Germany

e estimate mortality rates by a measure of socio-economic status in a very large sample of male German pensioners aged~65 or older. Our analysis is entirely nonparametric. Furthermore, the data enable us to compare mortality experiences in eastern and western Germany conditional on socio-economic st...

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Main Authors: Rembrandt D. Scholz, Hans-Martin von Gaudecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2007-08-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol17/4/