The gender longevity gap: explaining the difference between singles and couples
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Keywords
Longevity; Gender; Value of life; I12; J16;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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