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A new look at entropy and the life table

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  • Noreen Goldman
  • Graham Lord

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  • Noreen Goldman & Graham Lord, 1986. "A new look at entropy and the life table," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 23(2), pages 275-282, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:23:y:1986:i:2:p:275-282
    DOI: 10.2307/2061621
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    1. Noreen Goldman, 1984. "Changes in widowhood and divorce and expected durations of marriage," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 21(3), pages 297-307, August.
    2. Lloyd Demetrius, 1979. "Relations between demographic parameters," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 16(2), pages 329-338, May.
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