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affected by high unemployment,
middle-aged white men have been
getting sicker and dying in greater
numbers than before, even as the world
is living longer and healthier. These
men are also more prone to suicide,
drug overdoses, and alcohol-related
liver disease than they used to be, with
less access to medical care. Women
too have been affected. Estimates
show that although the gender gap on
measures such as education has made
significant progress, there is much less
progress on economic measures. Global
female labor force participation rates
have declined since 1996, although
less as a percentage of the original
than