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Manhood Trials and the Law of Mortality

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  • Harald Hannerz

    (National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH-DK))

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The present paper introduces a continuous eight-parameter survival function intended to model mortality in modern male populations.

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  • Harald Hannerz, 2001. "Manhood Trials and the Law of Mortality," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 4(7), pages 185-202.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:4:y:2001:i:7
    DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2001.4.7
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    1. K. E. Basford & G. J. McLachlan, 1985. "Likelihood Estimation with Normal Mixture Models," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 34(3), pages 282-289, November.
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    Keywords

    applied mathematics; cumulative distribution function; mortality law; statistical methodology;
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    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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