Mortality and immortality
By: by Matthew D. Rablen, Andrew J. Oswald.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2560; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2560
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Longevity.; Nobel Prize winners.
Description: "It has been known for centuries that the rich and famous have longer lives than the poor and ordinary. Causality, however, remains trenchantly debated. The ideal experiment would be one in which status and money could somehow be dropped upon a sub-sample of individuals while those in a control group received neither. This paper attempts to formulate a test in that spirit. It collects 19th-century birth data on science Nobel Prize winners and nominees. Using a variety of corrections for potential biases, the paper concludes that winning the Nobel Prize, rather than merely being nominated, is associated with between 1 and 2 years of extra longevity. Greater wealth, as measured by the real value of the Prize, does not seem to affect lifespan"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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