Session 55:
Methodological Issues in Health and Mortality
Chair: Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: John R. Wilmoth, United Nations
Coherent Forecasting of Multiple-Decrement Life Tables: A Test Using Japanese Cause of Death Data James E Oeppen, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
The Absolute and Relative Effects of Cohort and Period Mortality Shocks on Later Mortality Mikko Myrskylä, University of Pennsylvania
Death Distribution Methods for Estimating Adult Mortality: Sensitivity Analysis with Simulated Data Errors, Revisited Rob Dorrington, University of Cape Town ; Ian M Timaeus, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Examining Variance in World Life Spans since 1960 Ryan D. Edwards, Queens College (CUNY)
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