Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31065 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 398
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Sonderforschungsbereich 386 - Statistische Analyse diskreter Strukturen, München
Abstract: 
Mortality projections are major concerns for public policy, social security and private insurance. This paper implements a Bayesian log-bilinear Poisson regression model to forecast mortality. Computations are carried out using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods in which the degree of smoothing is learnt from the data. Comparisons are made with the approach proposed by BROUHNS, DENUIT & VERMUNT (2002a,b), as well as with the original model of LEE & CARTER (1992).
Subjects: 
projected lifetables
expected remaining lifetimes
Poisson regression
MCMC
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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