Longevity and life-cycle savings

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-338

  Bloom, David E ^a   Canning, David ^a   Graham, Bryan ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Life expectancy; National savings

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; INVESTMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; NATIONAL ECONOMY; SAVINGS;

EID: 0141940574     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9442.t01-1-00001     Document Type: Article

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