Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/75298
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Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
cege Discussion Papers No. 160
Publisher: 
University of Göttingen, Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (cege), Göttingen
Abstract: 
This paper extends the theory of optimal aging and death (Dalgaard and Strulik, 2010, 2013) towards uncertain death. Specifically, it is assumed that at any age the probability to survive depends on the number of health deficits accumulated. At the expense of less analytical tractability the model provides a formal description of aging as conceptualized in modern biology, i.e. as an inherently stochastic process according to which the timing of death of a person is not determined by his or her age but by the number of accumulated health deficits. The stochastic model basically confirms the earlier deterministic model with respect to its predictions on the association between income and life-expectancy across countries.
Subjects: 
Aging
Longevity
Health
Savings
Preston Curve
JEL: 
D91
J17
J26
I12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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