TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rodriguez, Germán
T1  - Demographic translation and tempo effects: An accelerated failure time perspective
Y1  - 2006/02/14
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 85
EP  - 110
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.6
VL  - 14
IS  - 6
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/6/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/6/14-6.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/6/14-6.pdf
N2  - 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.

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