Graduation Year
2016
Date of Submission
4-2016
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Reader 1
Matthew Magilke
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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© 2016 Amber L. Falkner
Abstract
This paper analyzes the deathcare services industry in terms of its economic impact on young widows. I examine the financial impact of a husband’s sudden death by studying funeral services purchased on an atneed basis. Then, I assess how prolonged death due to illness alters the bereavement process of and financial impacts on young widows. I find that the mode of death is a predictor of the cost of the deathcare services incurred by the newly widowed.
Recommended Citation
Falkner, Amber, "Double Loss: The Economics of Death" (2016). CMC Senior Theses. 1373.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1373
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
