A new measure of mortality differentials based on precedence probability

Meitner Cadena and Michel Denuit
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Michel Denuit: Université catholique de Louvain, LIDAM/ISBA, Belgium

No 2021011, LIDAM Discussion Papers ISBA from Université catholique de Louvain, Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences (ISBA)

Abstract: This short note aims to propose a new comparison measure for life tables: the age shift needed to restore equality of survival chance as measured by the precedence probability. Mortality by household income in France and by generation in Belgium is used as an illustration.

Keywords: Stochastic precedence; life tables; mortality projection; mortality differentials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5
Date: 2021-01-26
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