Ageing, health, and productivity : the economics of increased life expectancy / [electronic resource]
by Garibaldi, Pietro; Oliveira-Martins, Joaquim; Ours, J. C. van; Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.
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BookSeries: Reports for the Fondazione Rodolfo DeBenedetti: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 265 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191595370 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Longevity -- Social aspects | Labor productivity | Life span, Productive | Social medicine -- Developed countries | Medical policy -- Developed countriesOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Increase in life expectancy is arguably the most remarkable by-product of modern economic growth. In the last 30 years we have gained roughly 2.5 years of longevity every decade, both in Europe and the United States. This book looks closely at the challenges to the economy that this increase brings.
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Increase in life expectancy is arguably the most remarkable by-product of modern economic growth. In the last 30 years we have gained roughly 2.5 years of longevity every decade, both in Europe and the United States. This book looks closely at the challenges to the economy that this increase brings.
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