Browsing by Subject "life expectancy"

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    The Role of Marriage in the Causal Pathway from Economic Conditions Early in Life to Mortality
    (Elsevier, 2015-03) van den Berg, Gerard J.; Gupta, Sumedha; Department of Economics, School of Liberal Arts
    This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815–2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of early-life conditions. The empirical analysis estimates bivariate duration models of marriage and mortality, allowing for unobserved heterogeneity. Results show that conditions around birth and school going ages are important for marriage and mortality. Men typically enjoy a protective effect of marriage, whereas women suffer during childbearing ages. However, having been born under favorable economic conditions reduces female mortality during childbearing ages.
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    Worlds Further Apart
    (Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, 2021-08) Weathers, Tess; Comer, Karen; Staten, Lisa
    In our updated analysis of 104 ZIP codes in the Indianapolis metro area (2014-2018), we identified the northern suburb of Fishers as our longest living community and just 17 miles away, within the Indianapolis city limits, is the shortest living community within the metro area. Though only 17 miles of distance separate them, their life expectancy is worlds apart.