An expert-based framework for probabilistic national population projections: the example of Austria

European Journal of Population

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-17

  Lutz, Wolfgang ^a   Scherbov, Sergei ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; POPULATION PROJECTION; UNCERTAINTY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DEMOGRAPHIC AGING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENCY BURDEN; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EUROPE; FORECASTING; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION PROJECTION; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STATISTICS; STUDIES; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WESTERN EUROPE;

AUSTRIA; DEMOGRAPHIC AGING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEPENDENCY BURDEN; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EUROPE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION PROJECTION; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AUSTRIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FORECASTING; METHODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0031705627     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006040321755     Document Type: Article

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