The gender longevity gap: Explaining the di¤erence between singles and couples
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In the OECD, women, on average, live 6 years longer than men. This paper studies the female to male longevity gap in di¤erent social settings. Based on the concept of the value of life, it derives the gender gap in longevity among singles, utilitarian and altruistic couples, resp., and analyses the e¤ect of wealth on longevity. The following hypotheses are derived: i) the gender longevity gap is smaller within couples than among singles; ii) marriage increases longevity of men but decreases longevity of women; and iii) the gender longevity gap decreases with an increase in wealth. The hypotheses are tested using a complete data set of the Swiss deceased of age 65+ in 2001 and 2002, with information on the individualsage at death and their average earnings over the life cycle. JEL-classi cation: I12, J16.
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