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03
Mar
2020
Current trends in Nordic mortality
In 2014, Sweden lost its place among the world’s top ten leading countries in terms of female life expectancy for the first time since records began. It...
25
Feb
2020
The Impact of the Salmon Bias on the Migrant Mortality Advantage: New Evidence Using French Pension Data
The migrant mortality advantage (MMA) has been observed in many immigrant-receiving countries, but its underlying factors remain poorly understood. This paper...
18
Feb
2020
The components of change in population growth rates: between revisers and revisionists
To understand the relative contributions of demographic components (fertility, mortality, migration) to changes in populations’ age structures, demographers...
04
Feb
2020
Spousal difference in education and marital dissolution among transnational couples in South Korea 2020
Cross-border marriages in Korea and Asian countries appear to differ widely from those in other part of the world. One of the distinctive features is that...
10
Dec
2019
Smooth Constrained Mortality Forecasting
Mortality can be forecast by means of parametric models, principal component methods, and smoothing approaches. These methods either impose rigid modelling...
03
Dec
2019
Small area estimation of prevalence of diarrhoea among under-five children in Bangladesh by combining health survey and census data
The demand for small (local-level) area statistics has increased tremendously, particularly in countries where a decentralised approach to governance and...
14
Nov
2019
A Bayesian approach to applied demography
Applied demographers face some difficult statistical problems. Users of demographic statistics are demanding estimates and forecasts with levels of detail that...
