An interview question that brought about some thoughts

Alternative Title

一个访谈问题引发的一些想法

Author

Zhengxiao WU, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

News Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

9-2019

Abstract

We tackle the question posed by journalist Mehdi Hassan – on how many Chinese lives could be lost or would have to be lost to justify a single percentage of economic growth. We considered a utility maximization problem where the utility function is defined to be the sum of the life expectancy at birth for all Chinese nationals.

Keywords

life expectancy at birth, utility maximization problem.

Discipline

Econometrics | Economics

Research Areas

Econometrics

Publication

Lianhe Zaobao

First Page

20

Last Page

20

ISSN

7695-8942

Publisher

Singapore Press Holdings

Citation

WU, Zhengxiao. An interview question that brought about some thoughts. (2019). Lianhe Zaobao. 20-20.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2293

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