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How Long Do We Live?

Demographic Models and Reflections on Tempo Effects
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
284 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am30.11.2010Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
This book reviews the debate on how best to measure period longevity. Leading experts in demography critically examine the existence of the tempo effect in mortality, present extensions and applications, and compare period and cohort longevity measures.mehr
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KlappentextThis book reviews the debate on how best to measure period longevity. Leading experts in demography critically examine the existence of the tempo effect in mortality, present extensions and applications, and compare period and cohort longevity measures.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-642-09727-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2010
Erscheinungsdatum30.11.2010
AuflageSoftcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
ReiheDemographic Research Monographs
Seiten284 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht458 g
IllustrationenXIV, 284 p. 58 illus.
Artikel-Nr.10263230

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
How long do we live? Demographic models and reflections on tempo effects: An introduction.- How long do we live? Demographic models and reflections on tempo effects: An introduction.- Theoretical basis for the mortality tempo effect.- Estimating mean lifetime.- The quantum and tempo of life-cycle events.- Critiques, extensions and applications of the mortality tempo effect.- Demographic translation and tempo effects: An accelerated failure time perspective.- Lifesaving, lifetimes and lifetables.- Tempo and its tribulations.- Tempo effects in mortality: An appraisal.- Increments to life and mortality tempo.- Mortality tempo versus removal of causes of mortality: Opposite views leading to different estimations of life expectancy.- Tempo effect on age-specific death rates.- Mortality tempo-adjustment: Theoretical considerations and an empirical application.- Comparison of period and cohort measures of longevity.- Five period measures of longevity.- Found in translation? A cohort perspective on tempo-adjusted life expectancy.- Conclusions.- Afterthoughts on the mortality tempo effect.- Turbulence in lifetables: Demonstration by four simple examples.mehr

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