Gamma-Gompertz life expectancy at birth

In a heterogeneous population with Gompertz-distributed baseline mortality and gamma-distributed individual frailty, life expectancy at birth e0 can be expressed in terms of a hypergeometric function. A simple approximation allows interpreting the impact of model parameters on the values of e0.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Missov, Trifon I.
Published in:	Demographic Research. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany. - Vol. 28.2013, 9, p. 259-270
Publisher:	Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Subject:	approximations \| gamma-Gompertz frailty model \| hypergeometric function \| life expectancy at birth

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J1 - Demographic Economics ; Z0 - Other Special Topics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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