Happiness and life expectancy by main occupational position among older workers : who will live longer and happy?
Lozano Riera, Mariona (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Solé-Auró, Aïda (Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials)

Date:	2021
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.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2019-111666RJ-I00 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RTI2018-096730-B-I00
Note:	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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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Happy life expectancy ; Occupation ; Aging ; Spain
Published in:	SSM - Population Health, Vol. 13 (january 2021) , ISSN 2352-8273

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100735
PMID: 33511266

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