Raalte Lab

Max Planck Society

Bayern (DE2) · Germany

ERC-funded
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ERC Starting Grant · 2016

Lifespan Inequalities: Why the age-at-death distribution varies between countries and socioeconomic groups

Individuals and populations are surviving to ever higher ages. A crucial and timely question for policymakers is whether to direct limited resources toward future life expectancy increases or toward reductions of inequalities in longevity. These inequalities, hereafter referred to as lifespan inequality but also known as age-at-death variation, are large, infrequently summarized, and impose major costs on individuals and society. In order to formulate effective policies to reduce lifespan inequality, we need a deeper understanding of the magnitude and causes of divergent age patterns of mortality decline. This project will undertake the most comprehensive inquiry to date into the…

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