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Avoidable mortality risks and measurement of wellbeing and inequality
Tang, Kam Ki (contributor); Chin, Jackie T. C. (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003448399
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Human capital, mortality and fertility : a unified theory of the economic and demographic transition
Cervellati, Matteo (contributor); Sunde, Uwe (contributor) - 2007
children and type and intensity of investments in their own education. The interplay between different dimensions of mortality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591495
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Pollution abatement in a model of capital accumulation and endogenous longevity
Varvarigos, Dimitrios (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003616494
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Is there a "dead-anyway" effect in willingness to pay for risk reduction?
Breyer, Friedrich; Grabka, Markus M. - 2001
In a recent paper, Pratt and Zeckhauser (JPE, 1996) discuss the measure of individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for the reduction of risks to their lives which should be used for public decisions on risk-reducing projects. They suggest to correct observed WTP for the "dead-anyway" effect, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434254
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A theory of health investment under competing mortality risks
Chang, Fwu-ranq - 2002
In this paper we present a theory of health investment when there are multiple causes of death. Since there are several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409040
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Pharmaceutical embodied technical progress, longevity, and quality of life : drugs as "equipment for your health"
Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Virabhak, Suchin - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001719206
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Human Capital, Mortality and Fertility : A Unified Theory of the Economic and Demographic Transition
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2021
This paper provides a unified theory of the economic and demographic transition. Individuals make optimal decisions … decisions are affected by different dimensions of mortality and technological progress which change endogenously during the … formation, little longevity, high child mortality, large fertility and a sluggish income and productivity growth to a modern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316935
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Material well-being and development : insights on the Preston curve
Tamberi, Massimo - 2015
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Inequalities in life expectancy and the global welfare convergence
Albis, Hippolyte d’; Bonnet, Florian - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994924
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Quality- and productivity-adjusted life years : from QALYs to PALYs and beyond
Hansen, Kristian S.; Moreno-Ternero, Juan D.; … - In: Journal of health economics 95 (2024), pp. 1-19
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