A statistical look at Modeen's forecast of the population of Finland in 1934
Gunnar Modeen made the first cohort-component forecast for Finland in 1934. This was a time when demographic transition was just over, but that fact could not have been known at the time. Would it have made any difference if Modeen had had the tools of modern time-series analysis available? We find...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Population Research Institute of Väestöliitto
2000-01-01
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Series: | Finnish Yearbook of Population Research |
Online Access: | https://journal.fi/fypr/article/view/44949 |