Significance of life table estimates for small populations: Simulation-based study of standard errors

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 527-550

  Scherbov, Sergei ^a,b   Ediev, Dalkhat ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

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EID: 79955627492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.22     Document Type: Article

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