On the intrinsic estimator and constrained estimators in age-period-cohort models

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-466

  Fu, Wenjiang J ^a   Land, Kenneth C ^b   Yang, Yang ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

age period cohort models; constrained estimators; intrinsic estimator; temporal dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051704135     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124111415355     Document Type: Article

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