This study uses administrative data from the German Pension Insurance and combines a wide range of regional data sources in order to shine light on regional variation in the relationship between life expectancy and lifetime earnings in Germany. Moreover, it advances understanding of which place...

Most research on the relationship between health and socioeconomic status (SES) controls for changing age or investigates the relationship for a particular age range. This paper, however, examines changes in the relationship across ages, as well as controls for potential endogeneity in the...

Most research on the relationship between health and socioeconomic status (SES) controls for changing age or investigates the relationship for a particular age range. This paper, however, examines changes in the relationship across ages, as well as controls for potential endogeneity in the...