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The distribution of unobserved heterogeneity in competing risks models

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  • Yang Lu

    (University of Paris-13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CEPN, UMR-CNRS 7234)

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We show that in a large class of proportional hazard competing risks models, the distribution of the bivariate frailty among survivors converges to a limiting distribution. This generalizes the result of Abbring and van den Berg (Biometrika 94(1):87–99, 2007), who show that in a single spell duration model, the frailty distribution converges to the gamma distribution. The resulting limiting distribution has an interpretation in terms of partition of a gamma distribution, and allows for both positive and negative correlation between the survival variables. This result provides a natural and flexible specification for the frailty in competing risks models.

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  • Yang Lu, 2020. "The distribution of unobserved heterogeneity in competing risks models," Statistical Papers, Springer, vol. 61(2), pages 681-696, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stpapr:v:61:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1007_s00362-017-0956-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s00362-017-0956-y
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