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Replication Data for: Inequalities of Income and Inequalities of Longevity: A Cross-Country Study (with Thomas Plümper), American Journal of Public Health,106 (1), 2016, pp. 160-165

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Title Replication Data for: Inequalities of Income and Inequalities of Longevity: A Cross-Country Study (with Thomas Plümper), American Journal of Public Health,106 (1), 2016, pp. 160-165
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BOYR8O
 
Creator Neumayer, Eric
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Objectives. We examined the effects of market income inequality (income inequality
before taxes and transfers) and income redistribution via taxes and transfers on inequality
in longevity.
Methods.Weused life tables to compute Gini coefficients of longevity inequality for all
individuals and for individuals who survived to at least 10 years of age. We regressed
longevity inequality on market income inequality and income redistribution, and we
controlled for potential confounders, in a cross-sectional time-series sample of up to 28
predominantly Western developed countries and up to 37 years (1974–2011).
Results. Income inequality before taxes and transfers was positively associated with
inequality in the number of years lived; income redistribution (the difference between
market income inequality and income inequality after taxes and transfers were accounted
for) was negatively associated with longevity inequality.
Conclusions.To the extent that our estimated effects derived from observational data
are causal, governments can reduce longevity inequality not only via public health
policies, but also via their influence on market income inequality and the redistribution of
incomes from the relatively rich to the relatively poor. (AmJ Public Health. 2016;106:160–
165. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302849)
 
Subject Social Sciences
 
Contributor Neumayer, Eric