Socioeconomic determinants of male mortality in Europe: the absolute and relative income hypotheses revisited

Abstract This paper investigates the association between both absolute and relative income and male mortality in Europe from around 1980 to the late 1990s. Mortality data from the WHO Mortality Database is used to test if the relative versus absolute income hypotheses works out differently for diffe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Genus. - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", 1934. - 66(2010), 1, Seite 37-61
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2010
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Genus
Schlagworte:mortality causes of death income time lags Europe Social sciences Economics Health sciences Biological sciences Behavioral sciences