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Autopsy on an Empire : Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - 2005
survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262196
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Cognition, optimism and the formation of age-dependent survival beliefs
Grevenbrock, Nils; Groneck, Max; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2019
This paper investigates the roles psychological biases play in deviations between subjective survival beliefs (SSBs) and objective survival probabilities (OSPs). We model deviations between SSBs and OSPs through age-dependent inverse S-shaped probability weighting functions. Our estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062116
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Cognition, optimism and the formation of age-dependent survival beliefs
Grevenbrock, Nils; Groneck, Max; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219145
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Cognition, optimism and the formation of age-dependent survival beliefs
Grevenbrock, Nils; Groneck, Max; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2018
This paper investigates the roles psychological biases play in empirically estimated deviations between subjective survival beliefs (SSBs) and objective survival probabilities (OSPs). We model deviations between SSBs and OSPs through age-dependent inverse S-shaped probability weighting functions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796058
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Cognition, optimism and the formation of age-dependent survival beliefs
Grevenbrock, Nils; Groneck, Max; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011809798
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Cognition, optimism and the formation of age-dependent survival beliefs
Grevenbrock, Nils; Groneck, Max; Ludwig, Alexander; … - 2018
This paper investigates the roles psychological biases play in empirically estimated deviations between subjective survival beliefs (SSBs) and objective survival probabilities (OSPs). We model deviations between SSBs and OSPs through age-dependent inverse S-shaped probability weighting functions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816303
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Autopsy on an empire : understanding mortality in Russia and the former Soviet Union
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002648188
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Autopsy on an empire : understanding mortality in Russia and the former Soviet Union
Brainerd, Elizabeth (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002733538
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Autopsy on an empire : understanding mortality in Russia and former Soviet Union
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M. - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 19 (2005) 1, pp. 107-130
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002678903
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Autopsy on an empire : understanding mortality in Russia and the former Soviet Union
Brainerd, Elizabeth (contributor);  … - 2005
survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002577089