Adult longevity and economic take-off from Malthus to Ben-Porath

Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 169-187

  De la Croix, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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