The economics of life and death
Sen, A.
Scientific American 268(5): 40-47
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-8733 PMID: 8480166 DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0593-40Document Number: 325868
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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