Length of life and the pensions of five million retired German men

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-269

  Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^a   Scholz, Rembrandt ^b   Jdanov, Dmitri A ^a   Stegmann, Michael ^c   Von Gaudecker, Hans Martin ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change   (Germany)

^c Scientific Data Centre   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Germany; Health; Mortality; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMPLOYEE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PENSION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SALARY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; WORKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; PENSIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44649115887     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm102     Document Type: Article

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