Mortality Inequality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4029361 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sam Peltzman (0000-0003-4154-4517, University of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 175-190 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.23.4.175 |
| PMID | 19946979 |
| OpenAlex | W4214940043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 4 |
The paper describes how changes in the inequality of lifetimes have contributed to changes in the social distribution of welfare. I address the following questions: How can we measure inequality of lifetimes? How has this kind of inequality changed over time? How is this inequality related to increased longevity? How do these trends differ across and within countries? Unequal longevity was once a major source of social inequality, perhaps even more important in some sense than income inequality, for a long time. But over the last century, this inequality has declined drastically in high-income countries and is now comparatively trivial
Biology · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic inequality · Economics · Income distribution · Income inequality metrics · Inequality · Longevity · Social inequality · Welfare · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |