TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Jetter, Michael
AU  - Laudage, Sabine
AU  - Stadelmann, David
        TI  - The Intimate Link between Income Levels and Life Expectancy: Global Evidence from 213 Years
        PY  - 2016/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10015
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10015
        AB  - Contrary to previous findings, we find a systematic and economically sizeable relationship between income levels and life expectancy in a panel dataset of 197 countries over 213 years. By itself, GDP/capita explains more than 64 percent of the variation in life expectancy. The Preston curve prevails, even when accounting for country- and time-fixed effects, country-specific time trends, and alternative control variables. Quantile regressions and instrumental variable estimations suggest this link to be persistent across different levels of life expectancy and unaffected by reverse causality. If policymakers want to prolong people's lives, economic growth appears to be the predominant medicine.
        KW  - life expectancy
KW  - income levels
KW  - historical panel data
KW  - quantile regression analysis
        ER  -