Compensating changes in fertility and mortality

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ID10969384
AuthorsThomas J Espenshade (Center for the Study of Population, Institute for Social Research Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, corresponding author), C Y Chan (Florida State University)
Year1976
Volume13
Issue3
Pages357-368
Publication date1976-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2060533
PMID955172
OpenAlexW2013522348
LanguageEN
References cited12

This paper illustrates a method of studying changes in vital rate schedules which have no effect on the intrinsic rate of population growth. These changes are described as compensating changes in fertility and mortality. The analysis proceeds from the discrete perspective of Leslie matrices, wherein the central idea is to establish the set of all compensating changes by identifying that class of Leslie matrices which possess the same positive eigenvalue, λ1. A root-squaring technique is adapted for the purpose of estimating λ1. Finally, a variety of compensating fertility and mortality changes is illustrated using data from Japan

Class (philosophy · Econometrics · Family planning · Fertility · Perspective (graphical · Population · Research methodology · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Statistics · Total fertility rate · Variety (cybernetics · Birth, Development, and Health · Computer Science · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Demography · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Mathematics

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