Explaining diversities in age-specific life expectancies and values of life saving: a numerical analysis

DOI10.1007/S11166-005-3552-9zbMATH Open1118.91328OpenAlexW1600718286MaRDI QIDQ2575459FDOQ2575459

Yong Yin, Isaac Ehrlich

Publication date: 9 December 2005

Published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.nber.org/papers/w10759.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

uncertaintystochastic optimizationhuman capitalself-protectionlife insurancelongevityannuitiesendogenous mortalitycalibrated simulations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to actuarial sciences and financial mathematics (62P05) Stochastic programming (90C15)

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