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The Posner argument for transferring health spending from old women to olden men

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Richard Posner suggests several arguments for increasing health care spending on males and reducing it on females in his book, Aging and Old Age . I offer a new formalization of his verbal argument.
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  • Rasmusen, Eric, 1996. "The Posner argument for transferring health spending from old women to olden men," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 53(3), pages 337-339, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:53:y:1996:i:3:p:337-339
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    1. Posner, Richard A., 1995. "Aging and Old Age," University of Chicago Press Economics Books, University of Chicago Press, number 9780226675664, Febrero.
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