Eine Einführung in das Thema „Lebensphase Alter “muss so vielfältig gestaltet werden, wie
sich das Alter in der heutigen Zeit in seiner ganzen Vielfalt zeigt. Dem Anspruch versuchen …

Decisions on public health measures to contain a pandemic are often based on parameters
such as expected disease burden and additional mortality due to the pandemic. Both …

The WHO European Region has seen remarkable health gains in populations that have
experienced progressive improvements in the conditions in which people are born, grow …

This study uses German social security records to provide novel evidence on cohort trends
of the heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and, additionally, documents the …

The present paper quantitatively characterizes the consequences of rising pension
progressivity in an overlapping generations model with idiosyncratic income, disability and …

Heterogeneity in longevity between socioeconomic groups is increasingly documented for
developed economies and is reviewed in the paper. Heterogeneity in life expectancy …

Background Although estimates of socioeconomic mortality disparities in Germany exist, the
trends in these disparities since the 1990s are still unknown. This study examines mortality …

It is still an open question whether increasing life expectancy as such causes higher health
care expenditures (HCE) in a population. According to the “red herring” hypothesis, the …

Reliable estimates for differences in life expectancy (LE) by socio-economic position (SEP),
that can be assessed in an international context and are comprehensive in terms of …

Background Although socioeconomic mortality differences in Germany are well
documented, trends in group-specific mortality and differences between the eastern and the …