Modeling and forecasting sex differences in mortality: a sex-ratio approach

Abstract Female and male life expectancies have converged in most industrialized societies in recent decades. To achieve coherent forecasts between females and males, this convergence needs to be considered when forecasting sex-specific mortality. We introduce a model forecasting a matrix of the age...

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Main Authors: Marie-Pier Bergeron-Boucher, Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Marius Pascariu, Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-12-01
Series:Genus
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41118-018-0044-8