Life table transformations and inequality measures
Some noteworthy formal relationships
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10967971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ralph Hakkert (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 615-622 |
| Publication date | 1987-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2061396 |
| PMID | 3428456 |
| OpenAlex | W2059311435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
The conventional entropy expresses how proportional age-specific mortality changes affect the life expectancy. It may also be interpreted as an inequality measure of ages at death in the stationary population. Other transformations describing other age patterns of mortality change yield alternative generalized entropies. Most are also inequality measures Theils index is the generalized entropy of the exponential accelerated failure time model whereas Brasss logit transformation is associated with the Gini index. Where relative mortality gradients diminish with age Brasss logit transformation more accurately describes mortality change than proportional hazards and the Gini index forms the most appropriate entropy concept. (EXCERPT)
Econometrics · Economics · Entropy (arrow of time · Generalized entropy index · Index (typography · Inequality · Life expectancy · Logit · Population · Sociology · Statistics · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Mathematics
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2024 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |