THE POSNER ARGUMENT FOR TRANSFERRING HEALTH SPENDING FROM OLD WOMEN TO OLD MEN

Authors
RASMUSEN E
Citation
E. Rasmusen, THE POSNER ARGUMENT FOR TRANSFERRING HEALTH SPENDING FROM OLD WOMEN TO OLD MEN, Economics letters, 53(3), 1996, pp. 337-339
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
Economics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01651765
Volume
53
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
337 - 339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(1996)53:3<337:TPAFTH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Posner suggests several arguments for increasing health care spending on males and reducing it on females in his book entitled Aging and old age. I offer a new formalization of his verbal argument.