Life lived and left: Carey’s equality

James W. Vaupel
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James W. Vaupel: Syddansk Universitet

Demographic Research, 2009, vol. 20, issue 3, 7-10

Abstract: In a stationary population, age composition and the distribution of remaining lifespans are identical. This equivalence can be used to estimate age structure if information is available on time to death.

Keywords: age estimation; age composition; remaining lifespan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.3

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