Life expectancy and the environment

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 798-815

  Mariani, Fabio ^a,b,c   Pérez Barahona, Agustín ^a,d   Raffin, Natacha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c INRA AgroParisTech ^*

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental quality; Human capital; Life expectancy; Poverty traps

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950299326     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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