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Fall 2003

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 19, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2003 | Demographic Indicators

Male-Female Life Expectancy and Economic Freedom

J. Wilson Mixon Jr., Berry College

Gary H. Roseman, Berry College

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JournalofPrivateEnterpriseMale-FemaleLifeExpectancyandEconomicFreedomJ.WilsonMixon,Jr.GaryH.RosemanBerryCollegeSincetheadventoftheIndustrialRevolution,deathrateshavebeendeclininginindustrializedcountries.Duringthe20thcentury,thismortalitydeclinespreadworldwide.Since1950,forexample,lifeexpectancyrosefrom67yearstojustover80yearsintheworld=smoredevelopedcountries.Atthesametime,theincreaseinlessdevelopedcountrieswasfrom37to68years(Lomborg,2001,52).Longevityhasobviousattractionsasameasureofwell-being:ATotheextentthatlifeexpectancyisasummaryofpeople=shealthconditions,itisanotherdimensionofindividualwelfare,independentofincomeandcomparableto,buteasiertoevaluatethanothernon-incomedimensionslikesafety,freedom,oraccesstojusticeoreducation@(BourguignonandMorrisson,2002,741).Animportantaddedadvantageforlongevityasameasureofwelfareisthat,aloneamongcommonmeasures,separatedataonthisaspectofwell-beingareavailableforeachsex.11TheUNDP=sGenderDevelopmentIndex(GDI):measuresAachievementsinthesamedimensionsandusingthesameindicatorsastheHDI[HumanDevelopmentIndex],butcapturesinequalitiesinachievementbetweenwomenandmen.ItissimplytheHDIadjusteddownwardforgenderinequality@(2002,49).Suchanindexsuffersfromsubjectivitythatwouldrendersuspectanyestimatedrelationshipsbasedonit.Forthe163countriesforwhichGDImeasuresareavailable,thecoefficientofcorrelationbetweenGDIandlifeexpectancyis0.90.Incomeasameasureofwelfareisappealingbecauseitiseasytoobtain,evenonahouseholdlevel.However,consumptionwithinthehouseholdishardtomeasure(Lazear,1989,pp.5-6).1

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Title	Male-Female Life Expectancy and Economic Freedom
Authors/Creators:	J. Wilson Mixon Jr., Berry College Gary H. Roseman, Berry College
Year:	2003
Volume:	19
Number:	1
Pages:	1 - 20
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Life Expectancy, Economic Freedom, Labour market, Population, Urban population, Standard of living, Population policy, Social conditions

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Mixon Jr., J. Wilson; Roseman, Gary H. / 2003. "Male-Female Life Expectancy and Economic Freedom." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 19(1): 1-20.