Happiness and life expectancy by main occupational position among older workers: who will live longer and happy?
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- dc.contributor.author Lozano, Mariona
- dc.contributor.author Solé Auró, Aïda
- dc.date.accessioned 2023-05-17T05:59:46Z
- dc.date.available 2023-05-17T05:59:46Z
- dc.date.issued 2021
- dc.description.abstract Current concerns about aging populations are being translated into legislations to postpone the statutory age at retirement. However, if this is done without considering inequalities in longevity across occupational groups, some may face higher vulnerabilities than others. We examine differences in life expectancy and happiness by occupational position for the Spanish population aged 50 and over. We use happiness as a measure of subjective wellbeing, and compute life expectancy and happy life expectancy by sex and main occupation. Age-specific death rates are calculated using administrative data, and happiness prevalence comes from the European Social Survey. We show that both men and women in managerial positions were advantaged in terms of life expectancy, but only men record more years with happiness. In addition, women in routine jobs were the ones who could expect to live shorter and unhappier. Postponing the statutory age at retirement without considering these differences could be detrimental to women's wellbeing and health.
- dc.description.sponsorship The authors acknowledge funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, National R&D&I Pan QUALYLIFE (PID2019-111666RJ-I00) and GLOBFAM (RTI2018-096730-B-I00); and support from CERCA Programme, Generalitat de Catalunya, and the DemoSoc Research Group.
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- dc.identifier.citation Lozano M, Solé-Auró A. Happiness and life expectancy by main occupational position among older workers: who will live longer and happy?. SSM Popul Health. 2021;13:100735. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100735
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100735
- dc.identifier.issn 2352-8273
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56858
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevier
- dc.relation.ispartof SSM - Population Health. 2021;13:100735.
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-111666RJ-I00
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/RTI2018-096730-B-I00
- dc.rights © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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- dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- dc.subject.keyword Happy life expectancy
- dc.subject.keyword Occupation
- dc.subject.keyword Aging
- dc.subject.keyword Spain
- dc.title Happiness and life expectancy by main occupational position among older workers: who will live longer and happy?
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