Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2009
period 1940 to 2000. We adopt an
empirical speci cation that allows for di erent e ects of life expectancy on per capita …
beginning of the observation period in 1940. The identi cation of the stages of the transition follows the
classi cation … transition which took place after
1940, and which was exogenous to a particular country’s level of economic development.
We nd …