Global Trends in Life Expectancy: A Club Approach

This paper discusses the post-war trends in life expectancy worldwide. Even though applying the specification test to a sample of 125 countries suggests that some life expectancy clubs exist, their number and borderlines are not properly distinguished by mechanical splits of the sample. Hence, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ulla Lehmijoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Population Research Institute of Väestöliitto 2009-01-01
Series:Finnish Yearbook of Population Research
Online Access:https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/45043