Volume 24 - Article 25 | Pages 611–632
On the correspondence between CAL and lagged cohort life expectancy
By Michel Guillot, Hyun Sik Kim
Abstract
It has been established that under certain mortality assumptions, the current value of the Cross-sectional Average length of Life (CAL) is equal to the life expectancy for the cohort currently reaching its life expectancy. This correspondence is important, because the life expectancy for the cohort currently reaching its life expectancy, or lagged cohort life expectancy (LCLE), has been discussed in the tempo literature as a summary mortality measure of substantive interest. In this paper, we build on previous work by evaluating the extent to which the correspondence holds in actual populations. We also discuss the implications of the CAL-LCLE correspondence (or lack thereof) for using CAL as a measure of cohort life expectancy, and for understanding the connection between CAL, LCLE, and underlying period mortality conditions.
Author's Affiliation
- Michel Guillot - University of Pennsylvania, United States of America EMAIL
- Hyun Sik Kim - Kyung Hee University, Korea, Republic Of EMAIL
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