Integrating uncertainty in time series population forecasts: An illustration using a simple projection model

BACKGROUND: Population forecasts are widely used for public policy purposes. Methods to quantify the uncertainty in forecasts tend to ignore model uncertainty and to be based on a single model. OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we use Bayesian time series models to obtain future population estimates wi...

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Main Authors: Abel, Guy, Bijak, Jakub, Forster, Jonathan J., Raymer, James, Smith, Peter W.F., Wong, Jackie S.T.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2013
Online Access:http://epub.wu.ac.at/5768/1/29%2D43.pdf
http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.43