The compression of deaths above the mode
Kannisto (2001) has shown that as the frequency distribution of ages at death has shifted to the right, the age distribution of deaths above the modal age has become more compressed. In order to further investigate this old-age mortality compression, we adopt the simple logistic model with two param...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol22/17/ |