Mortality risk varies geographically, especially in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, where economic development is quite diverse. We present a newly-collected dataset on aggregate population mortality from eleven countries in APAC, which we rank based on their economic development. Using lead-lag...

Mortality dynamics are characterized by changes in mortality regimes. This paper describes a Markov regime switching model which incorporates mortality state switches into mortality dynamics. Using the 1901-2005 US population mortality data, we illustrate that regime switching models perform...

We study the dynamics of longevity risk across a subset of countries in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. We use hand-collected and existing data on mortality rates from emerging and developed economies, to understand how secular changes in mortality vary within and across APAC countries. We use...

Mortality population data available for the Asia-Pacific Region are currently limited. This report summarizes a data collection exercise targeting mortality data from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The assembled datasets are made freely available for future research. These are: (a) Asia-Pacific...