Mortality tempo-adjustment: Theoretical considerations and an empirical application

Demographic Research Monographs

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 203-233

  Luy, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development Review; Life Expectancy; Mortality Condition; Mortality Decline; Total Fertility Rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103947697     PISSN: 16135520     EISSN: 21979286     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78520-0_11     Document Type: Chapter

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