| 来源类型 | Working Paper
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| 规范类型 | 报告
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| DOI | 10.3386/w29241
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| 来源ID | Working Paper 29241
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| The Great Divide: Education, Despair and Death |
| Anne Case; Angus Deaton
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| 发表日期 | 2021-09-13
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| 出版年 | 2021
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | Deaths of despair, morbidity and emotional distress continue to rise in the US. The increases are largely borne by those without a four-year college degree—the majority of American adults. For many less-educated Americans, the economy and society are no longer providing the basis for a good life. Concurrently, all-cause mortality in the US is diverging by education—falling for the college-educated and rising for those without a degree—something not seen in other rich countries. We review the rising prevalence of pain, despair, and suicide among Americans without a BA. Pain and despair created a baseline demand for opioids, but the escalation of addiction came from pharma and its political enablers. We examine “the politics of despair,” how less-educated people have abandoned and been abandoned by the Democratic Party. While healthier states once voted Republican in presidential elections, now the least-healthy states do. We review the evidence on whether or not deaths of despair have risen during the COVID pandemic. More broadly, excess mortality from COVID has not increased the ratio of all-cause mortality rates for those with and without a four-year degree, but has instead replicated the pre-existing mortality ratio. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare
; Labor Economics
; Demography and Aging
; COVID-19
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| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w29241
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| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/586915
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Anne Case,Angus Deaton. The Great Divide: Education, Despair and Death. 2021.
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