Point and interval forecasts of age-specific life expectancies: A model averaging approach

BACKGROUND Any improvement in the forecast accuracy of life expectancy would be beneficial forpolicy decision regarding the allocation of current and future resources. In this paper, Irevisit some methods for forecasting age-specific life expectancies. OBJECTIVE This paper proposes a model averaging...

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Main Author: Han Lin Shang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2012-11-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol27/21/