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Increasing inequalities in longevity among Italian workers

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  • Chiara Ardito
  • Nicolás Zengarini
  • Roberto Leombruni
  • Giuseppe Costa
  • Angelo d’Errico

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This article examines the evolution of inequalities in life expectancy at 65 and all-cause mortality by socio-economic position (SEP) among Italian workers. Period life tables and negative binomial regression models are used to estimate longevity inequalities. The empirical assessment is carried out on two administrative datasets, one covering the entire population of private sector workers for the years 1990–2019 and the other covering the entire workforce in Turin for the years 1981–2019. We find that social inequalities in life expectancy and all-cause mortality have increased among Italian workers in recent decades. Several robustness checks confirm this worrying trend, especially for men. Longevity has improved for workers in the middle and high SEPs, while it has hardly changed for workers in the lowest SEP. We show that the estimated life expectancy differentials translate into a loss of pension wealth for the most disadvantaged categories, which also increases over time.

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  • Chiara Ardito & Nicolás Zengarini & Roberto Leombruni & Giuseppe Costa & Angelo d’Errico, 2024. "Increasing inequalities in longevity among Italian workers," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 76(4), pages 1128-1146.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxecpp:v:76:y:2024:i:4:p:1128-1146.
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    Keywords

    mortality; life expectancy; inequality; socioeconomic position; income; occupational class; population health;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General

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