Konferenzbeitrag

The increasing longevity gap by lifetime earnings and its distributional implications

We use social security records to document heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and we analyze how this longevity gap has evolved over cohorts. We provide evidence that the earnings-related longevity gap is increasing over cohorts in West Germany. Further, we propose a decomposition to disentangle the role of increasing earnings inequality over cohorts and the effect of changes in the earnings gradient. Finally, we study the distributional implications for the pension system.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2017: Alternative Geld- und Finanzarchitekturen - Session: Income Distribution, Inequality and Poverty ; No. F19-V4

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Wirtschaft
Social Security and Public Pensions
Health and Inequality
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Kemptner, Daniel
Haan, Peter
Lüthen, Holger
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
(where)
Kiel, Hamburg
(when)
2017

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  • Konferenzbeitrag

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  • Kemptner, Daniel
  • Haan, Peter
  • Lüthen, Holger
  • ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

Time of origin

  • 2017

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