This zip file contains code to reproduce the results in the manuscript 
"A New Dimension to Mortality Forecasts? Revisiting the Lee-Carter 
Model." These were written and meant to be run in R using RStudio and 
require that you have installed the forecast package. Everything was 
developed and tested in Windows.
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The files contained are:
Main Manuscript Results.R: Produces the main figures shown in the manuscript,
first-stage Lee-Carter forecasts for 1990-2010 using data from 1950-1989 for
males, females, and combined sexes.

Li-Lee Coherent Forecasting.R: Produces Li-Lee first-stage coherent forecasts for males and
females.

2nd Stage and Base Periods Males.R: Produces Lee-Carter first- and second-stage forecasts for
1990-2010 using base data from either 1950-1989 or 1960-1989, for males

2nd Stage and Base Periods Females.R: Produces Lee-Carter first- and second-stage forecasts for
1990-2010 using base data from either 1950-1989 or 1960-1989, for females
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The raw data used in the analysis are publicly available from the Human
Mortality Database at www.mortality.org, which requires registration. Once
you have downloaded either the full mortality data or life tables for males,
females, and combined sexes as well as population estimates, put the following 
files into the same folder as the code prior to opening the scripts in RStudio 
and running them:

CAN.fltper_1x1.txt
CAN.mltper_1x1.txt
CAN.bltper_1x1.txt
DEUTW.fltper_1x1.txt
DEUTW.mltper_1x1.txt
DEUTW.bltper_1x1.txt
FRATNP.fltper_1x1.txt
FRATNP.mltper_1x1.txt
FRATNP.bltper_1x1.txt
GBR_NP.fltper_1x1.txt
GBR_NP.mltper_1x1.txt
GBR_NP.bltper_1x1.txt
ITA.fltper_1x1.txt
ITA.mltper_1x1.txt
ITA.bltper_1x1.txt
JPN.fltper_1x1.txt
JPN.mltper_1x1.txt
JPN.bltper_1x1.txt
USA.fltper_1x1.txt
USA.mltper_1x1.txt
USA.bltper_1x1.txt
CAN.Population.txt
DEUTW.Population.txt
FRATNP.Population.txt
GBR_NP.Population.txt
ITA.Population.txt
JPN.Population.txt
USA.Population.txt