Place-Based Drivers of Mortality: Evidence from Migration.

Finkelstein, Amy; Gentzkow, Matthew; Williams, Heidi

Finkelstein, Amy; Gentzkow, Matthew; Williams, Heidi.

Afiliación

Finkelstein A; Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Gentzkow M; Department of Economics, Stanford University, and the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Williams H; Department of Economics, Stanford University, and the national Bureau of Economics Research.

Am Econ Rev ; 111(8): 2697-2735, 2021 Aug.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34887592

RESUMEN

We estimate the effect of current location on elderly mortality by analyzing outcomes of movers in the Medicare population. We control for movers' origin locations as well as a rich vector of pre-move health measures. We also develop a novel strategy to adjust for remaining unobservables, using the correlation of residual mortality with movers' origins to gauge the importance of omitted variables. We estimate substantial effects of current location. Moving from a 10th to a 90th percentile location would increase life expectancy at age 65 by 1.1 years, and equalizing location effects would reduce cross-sectional variation in life expectancy by 15 percent. Places with favorable life expectancy effects tend to have higher quality and quantity of health care, less extreme climates, lower crime rates, and higher socioeconomic status.

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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Am Econ Rev Asunto de la revista: SERVICOS DE SAUDE Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

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