Death and taxes: Longer life, consumption, and social security

Demography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-81

  Lee, Ronald ^a   Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY TRENDS; SOCIAL SECURITY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

USA;

EID: 0031062273     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061660     Document Type: Article

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