Demographic Research Monographs

How Long Do We Live? Demographic Models and Reflections on Tempo Effects

Elisabetta Barbi, John Bongaarts, James W. Vaupel (Editors)

Foreword
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Contents
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How long do we live? Demographic models and reflections on tempo effects: An introduction
Elisabetta Barbi
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I. Theoretical basis for the mortality tempo effect

Estimating mean lifetime
John Bongaarts, Griffith Feeney
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The quantum and tempo of life-cycle events
John Bongaarts, Griffith Feeney
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II.Critiques, extensions and applications of the mortality tempo effect

Demographic translation and tempo effects: An accelerated failure time perspective
Germán Rodríguez
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Lifesaving, lifetimes and lifetables
James W. Vaupel
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Tempo and its tribulations
Kenneth W. Wachter
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Tempo effects in mortality: An appraisal
Michel Guillot
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Increments to life and mortality tempo
Griffith Feeney
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Mortality tempo versus removal of causes of mortality: Opposite views leading to different estimations of life expectancy
Hervé Le Bras
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Tempo effect on age-specific death rates
Shiro Horiuchi
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Mortality tempo-adjustment: Theoretical considerations and an empirical application
Marc Luy
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III. Comparison of period and cohort measures of longevity

Five period measures of longevity
John Bongaarts
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Found in translation? A cohort perspective on tempo-adjusted life expectancy
Joshua R. Goldstein
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IV. Conclusions

Afterthoughts on the mortality tempo effect
John Bongaarts, Griffith Feeney
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Turbulence in lifetables: Demonstration by four simple examples
James W. Vaupel
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Appendix

Two proofs of a recent formula by Griffith Feeney
Jutta Gampe, Anatoli Yashin
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