MPIDR Working Paper

The age separating early deaths from late deaths

Zhang, Z., Vaupel, J. W.
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-004, 5 pages.
Rostock, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (January 2009)
Open Access

Abstract

There is one unique age separating early deaths from late deaths such that averting an early death decreases life disparity, but averting a late death increases inequality in lifespans.
Keywords: World, mortality
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