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A new look at entropy and the life table

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  1. Snorre Jallbjørn & Søren Fiig Jarner, 2022. "Sex Differential Dynamics in Coherent Mortality Models," Forecasting, MDPI, vol. 4(4), pages 1-26, September.
  2. Henrik Brønnum-Hansen & Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos Espiñeira & Camila Perera & Ingelise Andersen, 2023. "Trends in mortality patterns in two countries with different welfare models: comparisons between Cuba and Denmark 1955–2020," Journal of Population Research, Springer, vol. 40(2), pages 1-28, June.
  3. Aburto, José Manuel & Basellini, Ugofilippo & Baudisch, Annette & Villavicencio, Francisco, 2022. "Drewnowski’s index to measure lifespan variation: Revisiting the Gini coefficient of the life table," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 148(C), pages 1-10.
  4. Jos'e Manuel Aburto & Ugofilippo Basellini & Annette Baudisch & Francisco Villavicencio, 2021. "Drewnowski's index to measure lifespan variation: Revisiting the Gini coefficient of the life table," Papers 2111.11256, arXiv.org.
  5. Vladimir Canudas-Romo & Robert Schoen, 2005. "Age-specific contributions to changes in the period and cohort life expectancy," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 13(3), pages 63-82.
  6. Chiara Micheletti & Francisco Villavicencio, 2024. "On the relationship between life expectancy, modal age at death, and the threshold age of the life table entropy," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 51(24), pages 763-788.
  7. Joshua R. Goldstein & Thomas Cassidy, 2010. "How slowing senescence changes life expectancy," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2010-006, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
  8. Oscar E Fernandez & Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, 2022. "Life span inequality as a function of the moments of the deaths distribution: Connections and insights," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(1), pages 1-17, January.
  9. Jose Manuel Aburto & Jesús-Adrián Alvarez & Francisco Villavicencio & James W. Vaupel, 2019. "The threshold age of the lifetable entropy," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 41(4), pages 83-102.
  10. Jacob Martin & Jose Manuel Aburto & Iñaki Permanyer, 2023. "Dynamics of the coefficient of variation of the age at death distribution," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 49(38), pages 1063-1086.
  11. Tomasz Wrycza, 2014. "Entropy of the Gompertz-Makeham mortality model," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 30(49), pages 1397-1404.
  12. Tomasz Wrycza, 2014. "Variance in age at death equals average squared remaining life expectancy at death," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 30(50), pages 1405-1412.
  13. Kevin P. Brand, 2005. "Approximations and Heuristics for the “Cause‐Modified” Life Table," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(3), pages 695-709, June.
  14. Duncan Gillespie & Meredith Trotter & Shripad Tuljapurkar, 2014. "Divergence in Age Patterns of Mortality Change Drives International Divergence in Lifespan Inequality," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 51(3), pages 1003-1017, June.
  15. Alyson van Raalte & Pekka Martikainen & Mikko Myrskylä, 2014. "Lifespan Variation by Occupational Class: Compression or Stagnation Over Time?," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 51(1), pages 73-95, February.
  16. Jesús-Adrián Álvarez & Malene Kallestrup-Lamb & Søren Kjærgaard, 2020. "Linking retirement age to life expectancy does not lessen the demographic implications of unequal lifespans," CREATES Research Papers 2020-17, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Aarhus University.
  17. Marcia de Castro, 2001. "Changes in mortality and life expectancy: Some methodological issues," Mathematical Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(3-4), pages 181-208.
  18. Basellini, Ugofilippo & Camarda, Carlo Giovanni & Booth, Heather, 2023. "Thirty years on: A review of the Lee–Carter method for forecasting mortality," International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 1033-1049.
  19. Fernandez, Oscar E. & Beltrán-Sánchez, Hiram, 2015. "The entropy of the life table: A reappraisal," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 26-45.
  20. Alvarez, Jesús-Adrián & Kallestrup-Lamb, Malene & Kjærgaard, Søren, 2021. "Linking retirement age to life expectancy does not lessen the demographic implications of unequal lifespans," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 363-375.
  21. Timothy Riffe & Iñaki Permanyer & Rustam Tursun-Zade & Magdalena Muszynska-Spielauer, 2024. "Calculating the joint distribution of years lived in good and poor health," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2024-013, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
  22. Ralph Hakkert, 1987. "Life table transformations and inequality measures: Some noteworthy formal relationships," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 24(4), pages 615-622, November.
  23. Zhen Zhang & James W. Vaupel, 2009. "The age separating early deaths from late deaths," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 20(29), pages 721-730.
  24. Edwards Ryan D, 2009. "The Cost of Cyclical Mortality," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 9(1), pages 1-19, March.
  25. Alyson Raalte & Hal Caswell, 2013. "Perturbation Analysis of Indices of Lifespan Variability," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 50(5), pages 1615-1640, October.
  26. Rabitti, Giovanni & Borgonovo, Emanuele, 2020. "Is mortality or interest rate the most important risk in annuity models? A comparison of sensitivity analysis methods," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 48-58.
  27. Basellini, Ugofilippo & Camarda, Carlo Giovanni & Booth, Heather, 2022. "Thirty years on: A review of the Lee-Carter method for forecasting mortality," SocArXiv 8u34d, Center for Open Science.
  28. Lloyd Demetrius, 1989. "The demographic evolution of human populations: The role of selection and environmental factors," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 26(3), pages 353-372, August.
  29. Zhen Zhang & James W. Vaupel, 2009. "The age separating early deaths from late deaths," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2009-004, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
  30. S. Mitra, 1987. "On “A New Look At Entropy And The Life Table”," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 24(3), pages 439-439, August.
  31. Wen Su & Vladimir Canudas-Romo, 2024. "Cross-sectional Average Length of Life Entropy ( $${\mathcal{H}}_{\text{CAL}}$$ H CAL ): International Comparisons and Decompositions," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 40(1), pages 1-23, December.
  32. Alyson A. van Raalte & Pekka Martikainen & Mikko Myrskylä, 2012. "Lifespan variation by occupational class: compression or stagnation over time?," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2012-010, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
  33. Beltrán-Sánchez, Hiram & Soneji, Samir, 2011. "A unifying framework for assessing changes in life expectancy associated with changes in mortality: The case of violent deaths," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 80(1), pages 38-48.
  34. Haberman, Steven & Khalaf-Allah, Marwa & Verrall, Richard, 2011. "Entropy, longevity and the cost of annuities," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 197-204, March.
  35. Mara Airoldi & Alec Morton, 2009. "Adjusting life for quality or disability: stylistic difference or substantial dispute?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 18(11), pages 1237-1247, November.
  36. James W. Vaupel & Vladimir Canudas Romo, 2002. "Decomposing change in life expectancy: a bouquet of formulas in honour of Nathan Keyfitz´s 90th birthday," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2002-042, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
  37. Amancio Betzuen Zalbidegoitia & Amaia Jone Betzuen Álvarez, 2021. "Is Longevity Acceleration Sustainable? An Entropy-Based Trial of the Population of Spain vs. Japan," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(15), pages 1-18, July.
  38. Annette Baudisch & Jose Manuel Aburto, 2024. "How lifespan and life years lost equate to unity," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 50(24), pages 643-666.
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