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. 1993 May;268(5):40-7.
doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0593-40.

The economics of life and death

A Sen  1
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The economics of life and death

A Sen. Sci Am. 1993 May.

Abstract

Mortality data can be used to analyze economic performance. Such information can illuminate critical aspects of the economic organization of society.

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