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RESEARCH ON AGING
卷 38, 期 3, 页码 283-298出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0164027515620245
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adult mortality; education; Brazil; longevity gains; mortality differentials
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- CNPq (Ministry of Science and Technology in Brazil)
The last century in Brazil was witness to profound changes. Female life expectancy at birth increased from 34.6 years in 1910 to 77.26 years in 2010. At the same time, the educational composition of the population has changed dramatically. In the 1940s, only 25% of the children aged 5-14 years old were enrolled in school. Currently, nearly all children attend school. We examine the extent to which changes in the age-specific distribution of education have contributed to the decline in adult mortality among women in Brazil. Our analysis follows other applications in the literature to measure the mortality reduction that would occur if exposure to specific risk factors was changed at the counterfactual level. The effects are not trivial: Between 1960 and 2010, about 38% of the increase in life expectancy at age 30 can be attributed to changes in the educational composition of women. An additional 22% increase is expected until 2040.
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