I'd suggest getting some life expectancy tables out. You can readily
calculate these things one you have a life.

fabio

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Bryan Caplan wrote:

> Gray, Lynn wrote:
> > 
> > It would seem to depend on the age of the person at the time of the move.
> 
> Maybe so, maybe not.  We can imagine that if a 70-year-old person from
> Congo shows up in the U.S., they can immediately tap into the wonders of
> the U.S. medical system, nutrition, etc.  Do you know of any data?  
> 
> -- 
>                         Prof. Bryan Caplan                
>        Department of Economics      George Mason University
>         http://www.bcaplan.com      [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>   "He was thinking that Prince Andrei was in error and did not see the
>    true light, and that he, Pierre, ought to come to his aid, to 
>    enlighten and uplift him.  But no sooner had he thought out what he 
>    should say and how to say it than he foresaw that Prince Andrei, 
>    with one word, a single argument, would discredit all his teachings, 
>    and he was afraid to begin, afraid to expose to possible ridicule 
>    what he cherished and held sacred."     
>                    Leo Tolstoy, *War and Peace*
> 

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