Date of Award
5-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Legacy Department
Economics
Committee Chair/Advisor
Tom, Mroz
Committee Member
Matthew , Lewis S.
Committee Member
Daniel , Miller
Abstract
Since the 20th century, U.S. health spending has continuously increased, but the residents' life expectancy has not reached the average level of OECD countries. In this paper, hazard duration models are built; primary demographic, geographic, socioeconomic and healthcare factors are taken into consideration. The main purpose of this paper is to study the effect of these factors on an individual's risk of mortality and life expectancy. We build a general model and two gender-specific models. Females are affected by relative deprivation, a measure of their position in the income distribution, much more than males. The effect of family income is only statistically significant for male. In terms of healthcare factors, we find, when people get older, the health spending will have more beneficial (for men) or at least less negative effects (for women) on the life span.
Recommended Citation
XUE, JING, "Analyzing the Impact of Key Factors on an Individual's Life Expectancy From 1991 to 2006 in U.S" (2014). All Theses. 1942.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/1942