abstract: 'Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain relations between

  socioeconomic factors and gender longevity gap and to test a number of

  contradicting theories. Design/methodology/approach Fixed effects models

  are used for cross-country panel data analysis. Findings The authors

  show that in developed countries (Organization for Economic Cooperation

  and Development and European Union) a lower gender longevity gap is

  associated with a higher real GDP per capita, a higher level of

  urbanization, lower income inequality, lower per capita alcohol

  consumption and a better ecological environment. An increase in women''s

  aggregate unemployment rate and a decline in men''s unemployment are

  associated with a higher gap in life expectancies. There is also some

  evidence that the effect of the share of women in parliaments has a

  U-shape; it has a better descriptive efficiency if taken with a

  four-year lag, which approximately corresponds to the length of

  political cycles. Practical implications - The findings are important

  for policy discussions, such as designs of pension schemes, gender-based

  taxation, ecological, urban, health and labor policy. Social

  implications - The factors that increase male and female longevities

  also reduce the gender longevity gap. Originality/value The results

  contradict to a number of studies for developing countries, which show

  that lower economic development and greater women discrimination result

  in a lower gender longevity gap. Peer review The peer review history for

  this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/

  IJSE-02-2019-0082'
affiliation: 'Fedotenkov, I (Corresponding Author), Russian Presidential Acad Natl
  Econ \& Publ Adm, Moscow, Russia.

  Fedotenkov, Igor, Russian Presidential Acad Natl Econ \& Publ Adm, Moscow, Russia.

  Derkachev, Pavel, Natl Res Univ Higher Sch Econ, Ctr Inst Studies, Moscow, Russia.'
author: Fedotenkov, Igor and Derkachev, Pavel
author-email: 'igor.fedotenkov@gmail.com

  pderkachev@gmail.com'
author_list:
- family: Fedotenkov
  given: Igor
- family: Derkachev
  given: Pavel
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/IJSE-02-2019-0082
eissn: 1758-6712
files: []
issn: 0306-8293
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS
keywords: 'Inequality; Life expectancy; Cross-country analysis; Gender longevity

  gap'
keywords-plus: 'LIFE EXPECTANCY; INCOME INEQUALITY; CHANGING RELATION; EMPLOYMENT

  STATUS; PAID EMPLOYMENT; RELATIVE INCOME; SEX-DIFFERENCES; WOMENS

  HEALTH; MORTALITY; PREDICTORS'
language: English
month: DEC 20
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '59'
orcid-numbers: Fedotenkov, Igor/0000-0003-3344-4401
pages: 127-144
papis_id: e701e2f907d2ce06e3d244216a480233
ref: Fedotenkov2019genderlongevity
researcherid-numbers: Fedotenkov, Igor/O-8928-2016
times-cited: '3'
title: Gender longevity gap and socioeconomic indicators in developed countries
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000506924300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '11'
volume: '47'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2019'