Mortality change among less educated Americans
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Author(s)
Novosad, Paul
Rafkin, Charlie
Asher, Sam
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Measurements of mortality change among less educated Americans can be biased because the least educated groups (e.g., dropouts) become smaller and more negatively selected over time. We show that mortality changes at constant education percentiles can be bounded with minimal assumptions. Middle-age mortality increases among non-Hispanic Whites from 1992 to 2018 are driven almost entirely by the bottom 10 percent of the education distribution. Drivers of mortality change differ substantially across groups. Deaths of despair explain most of the mortality change among young non-Hispanic Whites, but less among older Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks. Our bounds are applicable in many other contexts.
Date Issued
2022-10-01
Date Acceptance
2021-10-26
Citation
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022, 14, pp.1-34
ISSN
1945-7782
Publisher
American Economic Association
Start Page
1
End Page
34
Journal / Book Title
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Volume
14
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2022 American Economic Association; reproduced with permission.
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Subjects
Social Sciences
Economics
Business & Economics
LIFE EXPECTANCY
UNITED-STATES
DATA QUALITY
TRENDS
INEQUALITY
INCOME
DISTRIBUTIONS
GRADIENTS
BIAS
GAP
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
4