Worklife expectancy in a cohort of Danish employees aged 55–65 years - comparing a multi-state Cox proportional hazard approach with conventional multi-state life tables

Abstract Background Work life expectancy (WLE) expresses the expected time a person will remain in the labor market until he or she retires. This paper compares a life table approach to estimating WLE to an approach based on multi-state proportional hazards models. The two methods are used to estima...

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Main Authors: Jacob Pedersen, Jakob Bue Bjorner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4890-7