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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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol31/19/ |