Can higher life expectancy induce more schooling and earlier retirement?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1249-1264

  Hansen, Casper Worm ^a   Lønstrup, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; Retirement; Schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862612470     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0397-1     Document Type: Article

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