The Shape of the Relationship between Mortality and Income in France

Abstract

Using a case-control study constructed with two fi scal databases, this paper investigates the shape of the relationship between income and the probability of death in France.The results show that the risk of mortality is strongly correlated with the level of income, independent from the occupational status.This relationship holds across the whole range of income distribution.Specifi cally the protective effect of highest incomes casts some doubt on the hypothesis of the concavity of the income-health relationship. La forme de la relation existant entre mortalité et revenu en FranceRÉSUMÉ.-Cette recherche explore la forme de relation existante entre probabilité de décès et revenu en France, sur la base d'une étude cas-témoins constituée à partir de deux bases de données fi scales.Les résultats montrent que le risque de décès est fortement corrélé au niveau de revenu, après contrôle par la profession.Cette relation existe tout au long de la distribution des revenus.En particulier, l'effet protecteur des plus hauts revenus remet en cause l'hypothèse de concavité de la relation revenu-santé.

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