Journal article
How Much Does Social Status Matter to Longevity?-Evidence from China's Academician Election
Health economics, v 26(3), pp 292-304
Mar 2017
PMID: 26676999
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Abstract
We provide evidence for the causal impact of social status on longevity by exploiting a natural experiment in which subjects undergo a shift in their social status without considerable economic impact. We gather data on 4190 scientists who were either nominated for or successfully elected to the Chinese Academy of Science or of Engineering. Being elected as an academician in China is a boost in social status (vice-ministerial level) with negligible direct economic impact (US$30 monthly before 2009). After correcting for two sources of bias, (1) some potential academicians decease too young to be elected, leading to selection bias in favor of academicians and (2) the endogenous relationship between health and social status, we find that the enhanced social status of becoming an academician leads to approximately 1.2 years longer life. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Title
- How Much Does Social Status Matter to Longevity?-Evidence from China's Academician Election
- Creators
- Gordon G Liu - Peking UniversityOhyun Kwon - University of Wisconsin–MadisonXindong Xue - Zhongnan University of Economics and LawBelton M Fleisher - Capital University
- Publication Details
- Health economics, v 26(3), pp 292-304
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000394647400002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84951912776
- Other Identifier
- 991021861873004721
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