Time series based errors and empirical errors in fertility forecasts in the Nordic countries

International Statistical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-18

  Keilman, Nico ^a,b   Pham, Dinh Quang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

ARCH model; Empirical forecast errors; Na ve forecast; Nordic countries; Stochastic population forecast; Time series; Total Fertility Rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042646457     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2004.tb00220.x     Document Type: Review

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