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Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth

Chakraborty, Shankha (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2002-01-26)

Conventional wisdom attributes the severity of mortality in poorer countries to widespread poverty and inadequate living conditions. This paper considers the possibility that persistent poverty may arise, in turn, from a ...
Mortality, Human Capital and Persistent Inequality

Chakraborty, Shankha; Das, Mausumi (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2003-03-20)

Available evidence suggests high intergenerational correlation of economic status, and persistent disparities in health status between the rich and the poor. This paper proposes a novel mechanism linking the two. We introduce ...