Entropy of the Gompertz-Makeham mortality model
<b>Background</b>: Life table entropy is a quantity frequently used in demography; e.g., as a measure ofheterogeneity in age at death, or as the elasticity of life expectancy with regards to proportional changes in age-specific mortality. It is therefore instructive to calculate its valu...
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| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol30/49/ |