Demographic translation and tempo effects: An accelerated failure time perspective

Demographic Research

卷:14

关键词: age at death;    age of childbearing;    alternative measures of tempo;    childbearing;    death;    fertility;    fertility adjustments;    measurements;    mortality;    period-shift model;    tempo adjustments;    tempo effects;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this paper I review the concept of tempo effects in demography, focusing on the tempo adjustments proposed by Bongaarts and Feeney and drawing on the work of Ryder and Zeng and Land. I show that the period-shift model that underlies the proposed adjustments can be motivated from an accelerated failure time cohort perspective. I propose alternative measures of tempo under changing fertility and mortality that share a synthetic cohort interpretation with the adjusted measure of quantum. I stress similarities between the results for fertility and mortality, particularly in terms of mean age of childbearing and mean age at death, but also note some important distinctions. I conclude that the fertility adjustments can help distinguish quantum and tempo effects, but argue that in the case of mortality the Bongaarts-Feeney measure of tempo-adjusted life expectancy differs from conventional estimates because it reflects past mortality.

【 授权许可】

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