Exploiting cross–birth cohort and cross-country variation from a pool of 188 household surveys from 111 countries, this paper measures how life expectancy at birth affects lifetime education and earnings. On average, individuals add one year of schooling for every 8.3 years of increased life expectancy at birth. Lifetime earnings increase by 1.7 percent per year of added life expectancy at birth. The estimates imply that rising life expectancy at...
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2020/09/30
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS9418
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2020/09/30
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Life Expectancy at Birth and Lifetime Education and Earnings
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life expectancy
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