The effect of pensions on longevity
Subtitle: evidence from union army veterans
By: by Martin Salm.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2668; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2668
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Military pensions -- United States -- History; Life expectancy -- United States -- History; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans
Description: "This study uses changes in pension laws for Union Army veterans as a natural experiment to estimate the causal effect of pensions on longevity, and to examine potential pathways underlying such a relationship. We examine the effects of the pension laws of 1907 and 1912, which granted old-age pensions to Union Army veterans. Life expectancy for veterans, who received such a pension, increased by 0.5 years and 2.7 years, respectively. The effect of veteran pensions on longevity was large across wealth groups and size of city. Pensions reduced mortality for both acute and non-acute causes of death"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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