TY  - JOUR
AU  - Doblhammer-Reiter, Gabriele
TI  - Longevity and month of birth: Evidence from Austria and Denmark
JO  - Demographic research
VL  - 1
SN  - 1435-9871
CY  - Rostock
PB  - Max Planck Inst. for Demographic Research
M1  - DZNE-2022-01313
SP  - 3
PY  - 1999
AB  - This article shows that in two European countries, Austria and Denmark, a person’slife span correlates with his or her month of birth. It presents evidence that this pattern is not the result of the seasonal distribution of death. It also shows that the seasonal pattern inlongevity cannot be explained by the so-called “birthday effect”– the alleged tendency of people to die shortly after their birthday. The article concludes with a discussion of possible social and biological mechanisms related to a person’s season of birth that might influence lifeexpectancy.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
DO  - DOI:10.4054/DemRes.1999.1.3
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/164869
ER  -