Felder, Stefan:
The gender longevity gap : Explaining the difference between singles and couples
In: Journal of Population Economics, Jg. 19 (2006), Heft 3, S. 543 - 557
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Titel in Englisch:
The gender longevity gap : Explaining the difference between singles and couples
Autor*in:
Felder, StefanUDE
LSF ID
49726
Sonstiges
der Hochschule zugeordnete*r Autor*in
Erscheinungsjahr:
2006
DOI
10.1007/s00148-005-0040-0
Web of Science ID
000238742500005
Scopus ID
33646137321
Sprache des Textes:
Englisch
Erschienen in
Journal of Population Economics
Verlag:
Springer
in:
Jg. 19 (2006), Heft 3, S. 543 - 557
ISSN
0933-1433 Verfügbarkeit online & gedruckt anzeigen
ISSN
1432-1475 Verfügbarkeit online & gedruckt anzeigen
ZDB ID
1459367-1

Abstract:

This paper studies the respective gender longvity gap in favour of women among singles, utilitarian and altruistic couples. The following hypotheses are derived: (1) the gender longevity gap is smaller within couples than among singles; (2) marriage increases longevity of men but decreases longevity of women; and (3) the gender longevity gap decreases with an increase in wealth. The hypotheses are tested using a complete date set of the Swiss decreased at the age 65+ in 2001 and 2002, with information on the individuals' age at death and their average earnings over the life cycle.