Long-run trends of human aging and longevity

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1303-1323

  Strulik, Holger ^a   Vollmer, Sebastian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Compression of morbidity; Human life span; Life expectancy; Life span extension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884979249     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-012-0459-z     Document Type: Article

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