Convergence in male and female life expectancy: Direction, age pattern, and causes
<b>Background</b>: The cornerstone of mortality- and life-expectancy forecasting in developed nations, the Lee-Carter model relies on assumptions of there being a dominant singular value that captures most of the variance within a matrix of age-specific mortality rates over time and that...
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| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol34/38/ |