Future trends in human longevity: Implications for investments, pensions and the global economy

Pensions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-163

  Olshansky, Stuart J ^a,b   Carnes, Bruce A ^c   Mandell, Michael S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Investments; Life settlements; Longevity; Pensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249104633     PISSN: 14785315     EISSN: 1750208X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/pm.2009.12     Document Type: Article

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