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INEQUALITY IN MORTALITY OVER THE LIFE COURSE: WHY THINGS ARE NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK
Author(s) -
Currie Janet M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/coep.12267
Subject(s) - inequality , demographic economics , public health insurance , life course approach , mortality rate , economics , demography , economic growth , sociology , health insurance , health care , psychology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , social psychology
Recent research shows increasing inequality in mortality among middle‐aged and older adults. But this is only part of the story. Inequality in mortality among young people has fallen dramatically in the United States converging to almost Canadian rates. Increases in public health insurance for U.S. children, beginning in the late 1980s, are likely to have contributed. ( JEL D63, I18, I38, J1, J3, J18)