The longevity of famous people from Hammurabi to Einstein

We build a new sample of 300,000 famous people born between Hammurabi's epoch and Einstein's cohort, including their vital dates, occupations, and locations from the Index Bio-bibliographicus Notorum Hominum. We discuss and control for selection and composition biases. We show using this l...

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Main Authors: De la Croix, David, Licandro, Omar
Format: Article
Published: Springer Verlag 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34416/