Tempo Effects in Different Calculation Types of Period Death Rates

The question as to whether or not tempo effects distort the measurement of period mortality is controversial in recent demographic research. Only few publications, however, illustrate the underlying phenomenon of tempo effects, namely that the period death rate may increase although the mortality of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christian Wegner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federal Institute for Population Research 2011-09-01
Series:Comparative Population Studies
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/52