Inequalities in life expectancy and the global welfare convergence
Hippolyte d'Albis
(1, 2)
,
Florian Bonnet
(1, 3)
Hippolyte d'Albis
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Florian Bonnet
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Résumé
Becker et al. (2005) maintain that including life expectancy gains in a welfare indicator result in a reduction of inequality between 1960 and 2000 twice as great as when measured by per capita income. We discuss their methodology and show it determines the convergence result. We use an alternative methodology, based on Fleurbaey and Gaulier (2009), which monetizes differences in life expectancy between countries at each date rather than life expectancy gains. We show that including life expectancy has no effect on the evolution of world inequality.
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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Inequalities in life expectancy and the global welfare convergence
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Résumé |
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Becker et al. (2005) maintain that including life expectancy gains in a welfare indicator result in a reduction of inequality between 1960 and 2000 twice as great as when measured by per capita income. We discuss their methodology and show it determines the convergence result. We use an alternative methodology, based on Fleurbaey and Gaulier (2009), which monetizes differences in life expectancy between countries at each date rather than life expectancy gains. We show that including life expectancy has no effect on the evolution of world inequality.
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Auteur(s) |
Hippolyte d'Albis
1, 2
, Florian Bonnet
1, 3
1
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
2
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
UP1 UFR02 -
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - École d'économie de la Sorbonne
( 1063812 )
- 90 rue de Tolbiac - 75013 Paris
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2018-07
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Volume |
168
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Page/Identifiant |
49 - 51
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Mots-clés |
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World inequality, Well-being indicators, Life expectancy
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DOI | 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.03.035 |
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