Inequalities in Longevity by Education in OECD Countries
Description: Socioeconomic inequalities in health are an increasingly central policy concern and accurate measurement is crucial in identifying effective policies to reduce health inequalities. I propose updating and refining previous OECD work examining inequalities in longevity by education in member countries around 2011. Updating the analysis involves using more recent data from national mortality registers linked to administrative data on education. Refining the analysis involves applying appropriate methods to allow for biases due to missing data. This is important since education data are often collected via the workforce, so there may be systematic patterns of missingness relating to non-participation in the workforce, which are associated with education. The key goal is to devise a robust methodology for routinely calculating educational inequalities in longevity in a time- and labour-effective manner. The project contributes to the OECD mission of promoting wellbeing, and specifically the OECD work package ‘Health inequalities and inclusive growth’ and report ‘Health at a Glance’. It will also help the OECD become the main authority on educational longevity inequalities in member countries.
Funder: Wellcome Trust
Amount: £15,310
Funding type: fellowship
Funder scheme: WT/POST Fellowship
Start date: 2021-09-01
End date: 2022-02-28
Investigator: Mr Christopher Lübker
Institution: University of York
Funded outputs count: 2
Funder award ID: 223633/Z/21/Z
OpenAlex ID: G2346842702