Gamma-Gompertz life expectancy at birth
BACKGROUND The gamma-Gompertz multiplicative frailty model is the most common parametric modelapplied to human mortality data at adult and old ages. The resulting life expectancy hasbeen calculated so far only numerically. OBJECTIVE Properties of the gamma-Gompertz distribution have not been thoroug...
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| Language: | English |
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
2013-02-01
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| Series: | Demographic Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol28/9/ |