Prospective Longevity : : A New Vision of Population Aging / / Warren C. Sanderson, Sergei Scherbov.
Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov argue for a new way to measure individual and population aging. Instead of counting how many years we’ve lived, we should think about our “prospective age”—the number of years we expect to have left. Their pioneering model can generate better demographic estimate...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t CONTENTS -- |t Introduction -- |t 1. A Brief History of Measures of Population Aging -- |t 2. Prospective Ages -- |t 3. How Old Do You Need to Be to Be Old? -- |t 4. How Different Are Measures of Population Aging Based on Chronological and Prospective Age? -- |t 5. Determining Ages Based on the Characteristics of People -- |t 6. The Stage of Old Age -- |t 7. Is the Quality of Life in Old Age Getting Worse? -- |t 8. Survival Trajectories: Russian Regions and US States -- |t 9. The α-Gender Gap in Survival -- |t 10. What Would Happen to Population Aging If Life Expectancy Increase Sped Up? -- |t 11. If Life Expectancy Continues to Increase, Will Population Aging Ever Stop? -- |t 12. Intergenerationally Equitable Normal Pension Ages -- |t 13. Choosing Which Pair of Glasses to Wear -- |t Conclusion -- |t Glossary -- |t References -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Index |
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| 520 | |a Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov argue for a new way to measure individual and population aging. Instead of counting how many years we’ve lived, we should think about our “prospective age”—the number of years we expect to have left. Their pioneering model can generate better demographic estimates, which inform better policy choices. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Electronic books. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Longevity. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Population aging |x Statistical methods. | |
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