How ageing is shaped by trade-offs

Annette Baudisch
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Annette Baudisch: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

No WP-2009-043, MPIDR Working Papers from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

Abstract: The evolution of different life history strategies and thus different ageing patterns essentially depends on the nature of the underlying trade-offs between survival and reproduction. To fully comprehend ageing, we need to understand these trade-offs.

Keywords: ageing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 pages
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2009-043

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