Mortality and Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Contemporary Sweden;Mortalité et fluctuations macroéconomiques dans la Suéde contemporaine

European Journal of Population

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-184

  Tapia Granados, J A ^a   Ionides, Edward L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Life expectancy; Macroeconomic fluctuations; Mortality; Population health; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MACROECONOMICS; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955992247     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-011-9231-4     Document Type: Article

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