Schwandt, Hannes; Currie, Janet M.; Bär, Marlies; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Inequalities in life expectancy are starker in the U.S. than in Europe. In 1990 White Americans and Europeans in rich … areas had similar overall life expectancy, while life expectancy for White Americans in poor areas was lower. But since then … even rich White Americans have lost ground relative to Europeans. Meanwhile, the gap in life expectancy between Black …