Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245799 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14748
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Life expectancy varies substantially across local regions within a country, raising conjectures that place of residence affects health. However, population sorting and other confounders make it difficult to disentangle the effects of place on health from other geographic differences in life expectancy. Recent studies have overcome such challenges to demonstrate that place of residence substantially influences health and mortality. Whether policies that encourage people to move to places that are better for their health or that improve areas that are detrimental to health are desirable depends on the mechanisms behind place effects, yet these mechanisms remain poorly understood.
Subjects: 
life expectancy
regional variation
place effects
JEL: 
I10
R10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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