Why Countries Become Wealthy: The Effects of Adult Longevity on Saving

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-23

  Kinugasa, Tomoko ^a   Mason, Andrew ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

East Asia; health; investment; models; mortality; saving

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; INVESTMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; SAVINGS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33845294742     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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