ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0977-0939 und Sunde, Uwe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-7822
(2025):
Decomposing longevity: How life expectancy changes around the world.
In: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 32, 100587
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Abstract
In economics, most empirical studies of the consequences of changes in longevity focus on life expectancy, without considering other moments of the survival probability distribution. Here, we apply a novel parsimonious parametric and easily implementable decomposition method of variation in longevity based on life table information. We document several empirical facts of longevity changes around the world and their associations with aggregate population dynamics and economic development, and demonstrate that a parametric decomposition of changes in longevity beyond life expectancy can be very useful for various applications.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Faculties: | Economics |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-128842-1 |
| ISSN: | 2212828X |
| Language: | English |
| Item ID: | 128842 |
| Date Deposited: | 20. Oct 2025 06:12 |
| Last Modified: | 20. Oct 2025 06:12 |
| DFG: | Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - 491578970 |
| DFG: | Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - 280092119 |
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