Forecasting German mortality using panel data procedures

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 541-555

  Babel, Bernhard ^a   Bomsdorf, Eckart ^a   Schmidt, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; Panel data model; Stochastic mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749115370     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0097-4     Document Type: Article

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