Lee-Carter mortality forecasting: A multi-country comparison of variants and extensions

Demographic Research

Volumn 15, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Booth, Heather ^a   Hyndman, Rob J ^b   Tickle, Leonie ^c   de Jong, Piet ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33750491967     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2006.15.9     Document Type: Article

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