And there is Tobin's q, a ratio of the stockmarket value to the replacement cost of its tangible assets an attempt to measure what it would cost to recreate a company from scratch.

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For all developed countries, high life expectancy is also associated with below-replacement fertility, which reduces the ratio of workers to retirees.

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