A mixed model estimation of age, period, and cohort effects

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 402-428

  O'Brien, Robert M ^a   Hudson, Kenneth ^b   Stockard, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cohort; Mixed models; Period

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449097881     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124106290392     Document Type: Article

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