Linking the population growth rate and the age-at-death distribution.

The population growth rate is linked to the distribution of age at death. We demonstrate that this link arises because both the birth and death rates depend on the variance of age-at-death. This bears the prospect to separate the influences of the age patterns of fertility and mortality on populatio...

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Main Authors: Schindler, S, Tuljapurkar, S, Gaillard, J, Coulson, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012