A Unified Model of Cohort Mortality for Economic Analysis.

We propose a dynamic production function of population health and mortality from birth onwards. Our parsimonious model provides an excellent fit for the mortality and survival curves for both primate and human populations since 1816. The model sheds light on the dynamics behind many phenomena docume...

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Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/037
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF