ArticleSSM - population health2021
Happiness and life expectancy by main occupational position among older workers: Who will live longer and happy?
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- The trinomial health, safety and happiness promote rural tourism.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Happiness in University Students: Personal, Familial, and Social Factors: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A hypothetic model for examining the relationship between happiness, forgiveness, emotional reactivity and emotional security.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Trends in happy life expectancy in Russia, 1994-2015.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Gender Gap in Unhealthy Life Expectancy: The Role of Education Among Adults Aged 45.International journal of public health · 2022Article
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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.
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