A matrix approach to the statistics of longevity in heterogeneous frailty models

<b>Background</b>: The gamma-Gompertz model is a fixed frailty model in which baseline mortality increasesexponentially with age, frailty has a proportional effect on mortality, and frailty at birth follows a gamma distribution. Mortality selects against the more frail, so the marginal m...

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Main Author: Hal Caswell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2014-09-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol31/19/