Heterogeneity in Expected Longevities

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2075-2102

  Pijoan Mas, Josep ^a,b   Ríos Rull, José Víctor ^c  

^a CEMFI   (Spain)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort life expectancy; Expected longevity; Health; Socioeconomic gradient

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84916220907     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0346-1     Document Type: Article

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