Life expectancy and endogenous growth

Economics Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-263

  De La Croix, David ^a   Licandro, Omar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delay differential equation; Endogenous growth; Human capital; J10; Lambert W function; Life expectancy; O41

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033470480     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00139-1     Document Type: Article

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