Period and cohort effects on elderly mortality: a new relational model for smoothing mortality surfaces

This study investigates the relative importance of period and cohort effects in adult and elderly mortality in Italy and Sweden in the second half of the 20th century. For this purpose, we devised a two-dimensional semi-parametric model for mortality surfaces that produces good fit to the data and r...

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Main Authors: Elisabetta Barbi, Carlo G. Camarda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2013-05-01
Series:Statistica
Online Access:http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/3604
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spelling doaj-8380b7902df64417af6749ebef18e5a22020-11-25T00:07:02ZengUniversity of BolognaStatistica0390-590X1973-22012013-05-01711516910.6092/issn.1973-2201/36043350Period and cohort effects on elderly mortality: a new relational model for smoothing mortality surfacesElisabetta Barbi0Carlo G. Camarda1Department of Statistics - Sapienza University of RomeMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchThis study investigates the relative importance of period and cohort effects in adult and elderly mortality in Italy and Sweden in the second half of the 20th century. For this purpose, we devised a two-dimensional semi-parametric model for mortality surfaces that produces good fit to the data and robust estimates of the period and cohort parameters. The findings of this study show that period effects have been of primary importance in the process of mortality reduction at adult and old ages observed in the last decades. The effects of early-life conditions are modest and often not statistically significanthttp://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/3604
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Period and cohort effects on elderly mortality: a new relational model for smoothing mortality surfaces
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title Period and cohort effects on elderly mortality: a new relational model for smoothing mortality surfaces
title_short Period and cohort effects on elderly mortality: a new relational model for smoothing mortality surfaces
title_full Period and cohort effects on elderly mortality: a new relational model for smoothing mortality surfaces
title_fullStr Period and cohort effects on elderly mortality: a new relational model for smoothing mortality surfaces
title_full_unstemmed Period and cohort effects on elderly mortality: a new relational model for smoothing mortality surfaces
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publisher University of Bologna
series Statistica
issn 0390-590X
1973-2201
publishDate 2013-05-01
description This study investigates the relative importance of period and cohort effects in adult and elderly mortality in Italy and Sweden in the second half of the 20th century. For this purpose, we devised a two-dimensional semi-parametric model for mortality surfaces that produces good fit to the data and robust estimates of the period and cohort parameters. The findings of this study show that period effects have been of primary importance in the process of mortality reduction at adult and old ages observed in the last decades. The effects of early-life conditions are modest and often not statistically significant
url http://rivista-statistica.unibo.it/article/view/3604
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