The cost of uncertain life span
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Keywords
Health inequality; Population health; Convergence; I10; J17; O11;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
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