Mortality decline and long-run economic growth

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 485-507

  Zhang, Junsen ^a   Zhang, Jie ^b,c   Lee, Ronald ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynastic family; H55; J13; Longevity; Mortality decline; O38; O41; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013425962     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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