Age-period-cohort models approaches and analyses with aggregate data

Age-Period-Cohort Models: Approaches and Analyses with Aggregate Data presents an introduction to the problems and strategies for modeling age, period, and cohort (APC) effects for aggregate-level data. These strategies include constrained estimation, the use of age and/or period and/or cohort chara...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Robert M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida CRC Press 2014
Series:Chapman & Hall/CRC statistics in the social and behavioral sciences series
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to the age, period, and cohort mix
  • 2. Multiple classification models and constrained regression
  • 3. Geometry of age-period-cohort (APC) models and constrained estimation
  • 4. Estimable functions approach
  • 5. Partitioning the variance in age-period-cohort (APC) models
  • 6. Factor-characteristic approach
  • 7. Conclusions : an empirical example
  • Includes bibliographical references and index