Disaggregation of official demographic projections in sub-groups by education level: the neglected “composition effect” in the future path of life expectancy

Abstract We developed an innovative method to break down official population forecasts by educational level. The mortality rates of the high education group and low education group were projected using an iterative procedure, whose starting point was the life tables by education level for Italy, bas...

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Main Authors: Sergio Ginebri, Carlo Lallo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-02-01
Series:Genus
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-020-00113-3