The construction of increment-decrement life tables
A comment on articles by R. Schoen and V. Nelson
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11620434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan M Hoem (Laboratory of Actuarial Mathematics, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 661-661 |
| Publication date | 1975-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2060720 |
| PMID | 1213217 |
| OpenAlex | W2038578682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In two papers recently published by Demography, Schoen and Nelson (1974) and Schoen (1975) discuss construction of what they call increment-decrement life tables. Their treatment is quite elementary, but reader is given impression that they are plowing new ground. Indeed, Schoen and Nelson (1974, p. 268) state that to their knowledge, the literature does not contain any thorough and systematic discussion of how to deal with life tables that have entrants as well as exits, particularly when re-entry into a table is permitted. In fact, discussions of kind unknown to Schoen and Nelson appeared in actuarial literature at least as early as 1912 (Du Pasquier, 1912, 1913), in literature on statistical methods in study of public health no later than 1951 (Fix and Neyman, 1951), and in demographic literature at least by 1970 (Hoem, 1970b). Surveys were given in 1972 (Hoem, 1972a, 1972b). In terminology of mathematical statistics, Schoen and Nelson are talking about Markov chains with a finite state space and a continuous time parameter. The literature on Markov chains is extensive. In a. working paper published by Central Bureau of Statistics of Norway in 1968, I gave a more complete discussion of problems investigated in paper by Schoen and Nelson (1974). It was later printed in Biometrie-Praximettrie (Hoem, 1970a). Reprints are available from University of Oslo Institute of Economics, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 1977 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |