Lee-Carter mortality forecasting: a multi-country comparison of variants and extensions
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Keywords
Functional data; Lee-Carter method; mortality forecasting; nonparametric smoothing; principal components; state space.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
- C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
- C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2006-07-21 (Econometrics)
- NEP-FOR-2006-07-21 (Forecasting)
- NEP-HEA-2006-07-21 (Health Economics)
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