title: The future of human longevity--how important are markets and innovation?
abstract: In a hearing before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, a well-respected demographer warns that there is no evidence of slowing in the long-term rise in best-practice life expectancy in developed countries. The author discusses how these findings will affect the future of Social Security and argues for a larger, more focused effort with respect to longevity research by demographers, epidemiologists, and economists.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany. JWV@demogr.mpg.de
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Vaupel
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008136:Longevity; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States