Longer Life, Higher Welfare?
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- Michael Grimm & Kenneth Harttgen, 2008. "Longer life, higher welfare?," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 60(2), pages 193-211, April.
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Keywords
Life expectancy; Repugnant conclusion; Welfare comparisons;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2006-02-26 (Health Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2006-02-26 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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