The Genesis of the Golden Age - Accounting for the Rise in Health and Leisure
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- Carl-Johan Dalgaard & Holger Strulik, 2017. "The Genesis of the Golden Age: Accounting for the Rise in Health and Leisure," Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics, vol. 24, pages 132-151, March.
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Keywords
Aging; Longevity; Retirement; Health; Health Technology;JEL classification:
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income
- J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGE-2012-09-09 (Economics of Ageing)
- NEP-DEM-2012-09-09 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-DGE-2012-09-09 (Dynamic General Equilibrium)
- NEP-HEA-2012-09-09 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2012-09-09 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
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