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A cohort perspective on tempo-adjusted life expectancy

 

Joshua R. Goldstein

 
VOLUME 14 - ARTICLE 5
PAGES 71 - 84
Date Received: 9 Mar 2005
Date Published: 10 Feb 2006

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/5/

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Abstract
What does tempo-adjusted period life expectancy measure? Taking a cohort perspective, I show that under conditions of constant linear mortality shifts the tempo-adjusted period indicator translates exactly to the cohort born e¤0 (t) years earlier. I discuss the implications of cohort translation for the interpretation and application of tempo-adjusted period life expectancy.

Author's affiliation
Joshua R. Goldstein
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany

Keywords
cohort life expectancy, cohort-period translation, life tables, mathematical demography, mortality, tempo effects

Word count (Main text)
3632

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