TY - BOOK ID - 46208824 TI - Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting AU - Bengtsson, Tommy AU - Bengtsson, Tommy. AU - Keilman, Nico. PY - 2019 SN - 3030050750 3030050742 PB - Cham Springer Nature DB - UniCat KW - Demography. KW - Population. KW - Statistics. KW - Population Economics. KW - Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law. KW - Statistical analysis KW - Statistical data KW - Statistical methods KW - Statistical science KW - Mathematics KW - Econometrics KW - Human population KW - Human populations KW - Population growth KW - Populations, Human KW - Economics KW - Human ecology KW - Sociology KW - Demography KW - Malthusianism KW - Historical demography KW - Social sciences KW - Population KW - Vital statistics KW - Mortalité KW - Statistiques démographiques KW - Prévisions KW - Statistics . KW - Statistics  UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:46208824 AB - This open access book describes methods of mortality forecasting and discusses possible improvements. It contains a selection of previously unpublished and published papers, which together provide a state-of-the-art overview of statistical approaches as well as behavioural and biological perspectives. The different parts of the book provide discussions of current practice, probabilistic forecasting, the linearity in the increase of life expectancy, causes of death, and the role of cohort factors. The key question in the book is whether it is possible to project future mortality accurately, and if so, what is the best approach. This makes the book a valuable read to demographers, pension planners, actuaries, and all those interested and/or working in modelling and forecasting mortality.". ER -