An analysis of life expectancy and economic production using expectile frontier zones
The wealth of a country is assumed to have a strong non-linear influence on the life expectancy of its inhabitants. We follow up on research by Preston and study the relationship with gross domestic product. Smooth curves for the average but also for (upper) frontiers are constructed by a combinatio...
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doaj-79126f98cbb44573878e66c32f0cc0302020-11-24T20:50:39ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712009-08-01215An analysis of life expectancy and economic production using expectile frontier zonesSabine K. SchnabelPaul H.C. EilersThe wealth of a country is assumed to have a strong non-linear influence on the life expectancy of its inhabitants. We follow up on research by Preston and study the relationship with gross domestic product. Smooth curves for the average but also for (upper) frontiers are constructed by a combination of least asymmetrically weighted squares and P-splines. Guidelines are given for optimizing the amount of smoothing and the definition of frontiers. The model is applied to a large set of countries in different years. It is also used to estimate life expectancy performance for individual countries and to show how it changed over time. http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol21/5/ |
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An analysis of life expectancy and economic production using expectile frontier zones |
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analysis of life expectancy and economic production using expectile frontier zones |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research |
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Demographic Research |
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The wealth of a country is assumed to have a strong non-linear influence on the life expectancy of its inhabitants. We follow up on research by Preston and study the relationship with gross domestic product. Smooth curves for the average but also for (upper) frontiers are constructed by a combination of least asymmetrically weighted squares and P-splines. Guidelines are given for optimizing the amount of smoothing and the definition of frontiers. The model is applied to a large set of countries in different years. It is also used to estimate life expectancy performance for individual countries and to show how it changed over time. |
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