An empirical analysis of the importance of controlling for unobserved heterogeneity when estimating the income-mortality gradient

Kalwij, Adriaan

doi:10.4054/demres.2014.31.30

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“…This implies that our coefficient estimates are very similar to a model without unobserved heterogeneity. Both estimates are in line with the literature (e.g., Kalwij, 2014;Bissonnette et al, 2017;Kalwij et al, 2013).…”

Section: Estimating Ospssupporting

confidence: 91%

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Cognition, Optimism, and the Formation of Age‐dependent Survival Beliefs

Grevenbrock

Groneck

Ludwig

et al. 2020

Int Economic Review

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This paper investigates the roles psychological biases play in deviations between subjective survival beliefs (SSBs) and objective survival probabilities (OSPs). We model deviations between SSBs and OSPs through age-dependent inverse S-shaped probability weighting functions. Our estimates suggest that implied measures for cognitive weakness increase and relative optimism decrease with age. We document that direct measures of cognitive weakness and optimism share these trends. Our regression analyses confirm that these factors play strong quantitative roles in the formation of subjective survival beliefs. Our main finding is that cognitive weakness rather than optimism is an increasingly important contributor to the well-documented overestimation of survival chances in old age.

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Section: Estimating Ospssupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Both estimates are in line with the literature (e.g. Kalwij (2014), Bissonnette et al (2017) and Kalwij et al (2013)).…”

Section: Objective Survival Probabilitiessupporting

confidence: 91%

Cognition, Optimism, and the Formation of Age‐dependent Survival Beliefs

Grevenbrock

Groneck

Ludwig

et al. 2020

Int Economic Review

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“…Both estimates are in line with the literature (e.g. Kalwij (2014), Bissonnette et al (2017) and Kalwij et al (2013)).…”

Section: Objective Survival Probabilitiessupporting

confidence: 91%

Cognition, Optimism and the Formation of Age-Dependent Survival Beliefs

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“…Results are so far contradictory. Some studies found evidence that selection processes are responsible for the converging hazards at old ages by socioeconomic groups (Ferraro and Farmer 1996;McMunn et al 2009;Dupre 2007;Congdon 1994;Frijters et al 2011;Kalwij et al 2013;Kalwij 2014). Other studies found that selection plays no significant role in this often observed pattern (Lynch 2003;Lauderdale 2001;Herd 2006;Kim and Durden 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This suggests that educational differences in incidence and mortality resulted in the convergence of prevalence, reflecting the bias caused by selection. Other studies focused specifically on mortality by various types of income groups (individual income, household income, income of the spouse and deprivation area index) and found a strong and significant presence of unobserved heterogeneity, even though the attenuation bias that resulted is not particularly big (Congdon 1994;Frijters et al 2011;Kalwij et al 2013;Kalwij 2014).…”

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Unobserved Heterogeneity of Frailty in the Analysis of Socioeconomic Differences in Health and Mortality

Zarulli

2016

Eur J Population

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The concepts of unobserved frailty and selection have been extensively analyzed with respect to phenomena like mortality deceleration at old ages and mortality convergence or cross overs between populations (for example American black and white populations, men and women). Despite the long-time observation of converging mortality risks in differential socioeconomic mortality research, the interest in the connection between frailty, selection, and health and mortality inequalities over a life course approach has increased only recently. This overview of the literature summarizes the main concepts of unobserved frailty and socioeconomic differences in mortality and how frailty and selection relate to these differences at old ages. It then reviews the evidence coming from the existing studies. Although the number of studies is still limited, the body of research on unobserved frailty and socioeconomic inequalities in health and mortality in a life course approach is growing. The results, however, are contradictory, and whether selection plays a major role in shaping the observed socioeconomic mortality patterns at old ages is still controversial.

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An empirical analysis of the importance of controlling for unobserved heterogeneity when estimating the income-mortality gradient

Cited by 6 publications

References 56 publications

Cognition, Optimism, and the Formation of Age‐dependent Survival Beliefs

Cognition, Optimism, and the Formation of Age‐dependent Survival Beliefs

Cognition, Optimism and the Formation of Age-Dependent Survival Beliefs

Unobserved Heterogeneity of Frailty in the Analysis of Socioeconomic Differences in Health and Mortality

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