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dc.contributor.authorWunder, Christophen
dc.contributor.authorSchwarze, Johannesen
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-02-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:02:36Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:02:36Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20091019346en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35862-
dc.description.abstractPosner (1995) proposes the redistribution of health spending from old women to old men to equalize life expectancy. His argument is based on the assumption that women's utility is higher if they are married. Thus, extending the lifespan of men would benefit women. Using life satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we conduct an empirical test of this assumption. We apply a two-step estimation strategy: first, we use a propensity score matching approach to generate a control group of non-widowed women. The average level of life satisfaction in the control group serves as a reference to measure the degree of adaptation to widowhood. In the second step, the life satisfaction trajectories of both groups are estimated using penalized spline regressions. The results suggest bereavement has no enduring effect on life satisfaction, and that falsifies Posner's assumption.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4485en
dc.subject.jelC14en
dc.subject.jelD10en
dc.subject.jelI31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordWidowhooden
dc.subject.keywordadaptationen
dc.subject.keywordsubjective well-beingen
dc.subject.keywordlife satisfactionen
dc.subject.keywordpenalized spline regressionen
dc.subject.keywordpropensity score matchingen
dc.subject.stwAlte Menschenen
dc.subject.stwAlleinlebendeen
dc.subject.stwLebenszufriedenheiten
dc.subject.stwSterblichkeiten
dc.subject.stwGeschlechten
dc.subject.stwGesundheitskostenen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleIs Posner right? An empirical test of the Posner argument for transferring health spending from old women to old men-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn614085063en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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