Interpreting changes in life expectancy during temporary mortality shocks
<b>Background</b>: Life expectancy is a pure measure of the mortality conditions faced by a population, unaffected by that population's age structure. The numerical value of life expectancy also has an intuitive interpretation, conditional on some assumptions, as the expected age at...
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://www.demographic-research.org/articles/volume/48/1 |