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Modelling Socio-Economic Differences In Mortality Using A New Affluence Index

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  • Cairns, Andrew J.G.
  • Kallestrup-Lamb, Malene
  • Rosenskjold, Carsten
  • Blake, David
  • Dowd, Kevin

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We introduce a new modelling framework to explain socio-economic differences in mortality in terms of an affluence index that combines information on individual wealth and income. The model is illustrated using data on older Danish males over the period 1985–2012 reported in the Statistics Denmark national register database. The model fits the historical mortality data well, captures their key features, generates smoothed death rates that allow us to work with a larger number of sub-groups than has previously been considered feasible, and has plausible projection properties.

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  • Cairns, Andrew J.G. & Kallestrup-Lamb, Malene & Rosenskjold, Carsten & Blake, David & Dowd, Kevin, 2019. "Modelling Socio-Economic Differences In Mortality Using A New Affluence Index," ASTIN Bulletin, Cambridge University Press, vol. 49(3), pages 555-590, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:astinb:v:49:y:2019:i:03:p:555-590_00
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    5. Jesús-Adrián Álvarez & Malene Kallestrup-Lamb & Søren Kjærgaard, 2020. "Linking retirement age to life expectancy does not lessen the demographic implications of unequal lifespans," CREATES Research Papers 2020-17, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
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    9. Redondo Lourés, Cristian & Cairns, Andrew J.G., 2021. "Cause of death specific cohort effects in U.S. mortality," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 190-199.
    10. Strozza, Cosmo & Vigezzi, Serena & Callaway, Julia & Kashnitsky, Ilya & Aleksandrovs, Aleksandrs & Vaupel, James W, 2022. "Socioeconomic inequalities in survival to retirement age or shortly afterwards: a register-based analysis," OSF Preprints 8wbdv, Center for Open Science.

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