@article{Rodriguez_14_6,
author = {Rodriguez, Germán},
title={{Demographic translation and tempo effects: An accelerated failure time perspective}},
journal = {Demographic Research},
volume = {14},
number = {6},
pages = {85--110},
doi = {10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.6},
year = {2006},
abstract = {In this paper I review the concept of tempo effects in demography, focusing on the tempo adjustments proposed by Bongaarts and Feeney and drawing on the work of Ryder and Zeng and Land. 

I show that the period-shift model that underlies the proposed adjustments can be motivated from an accelerated failure time cohort perspective. I propose alternative measures of tempo under changing fertility and mortality that share a synthetic cohort interpretation with the adjusted measure of quantum. I stress similarities between the results for fertility and mortality, particularly in terms of mean age of childbearing and mean age at death, but also note some important distinctions. 

I conclude that the fertility adjustments can help distinguish quantum and tempo effects, but argue that in the case of mortality the Bongaarts-Feeney measure of tempo-adjusted life expectancy differs from conventional estimates because it reflects past mortality.},
URL = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/6/},
eprint = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/6/14-6.pdf}
}