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Using demographic multi-state, cohort-component methods, we produce projections for 120 countries (covering 93% of the … educational attainment projections according to four widely differing education scenarios. The results show the possible range of …
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This paper proposes to critically examine the United Nations projections on urbanisation. Both the estimates of current … alternative hypothesis. Projections are proposed using a polynomial model and compared to the UN projections, which are based on a … linear model. The conclusion is that UN projections may overestimate the urban population for the year 2030 by almost one …
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projections or simulations that need time-varying sex-age-specific o/e rates of marital status transitions. …
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increase in obesity, the steady decline in tobacco consumption, and the well known patterns of smooth mortality age profiles … identical to the Social Security Administration projection and 2.0 years less than U.S. Census projections. We show that these …
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Sex, age, education, marital status, obesity, and smoking have been found to affect health transitions between non …
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We investigate whether declines in the age difference between spouses has influenced widowhood and nursing home demand. We first use life-table methods to simulate the impact of the declining age gap on the risk of widowhood. We then use the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and the Census...
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Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic crisis. These studies are based on research designs that do not allow for excluding that the observed association is driven by confounders. The aim of the present paper is to...
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