Inverse Projection Techniques

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Author: Elisabetta Barbi

ISBN-10: 354020931X

ISBN-13: 9783540209317

Category: Future Studies & Forecasting

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Inverse Projection is a method for estimating accurate demographic indicators of a population where vital registration data are available, but population censuses are lacking or unreliable. The book offers an overview of the present state of methodological development in the field of inverse projection techniques. In the various chapters of the book, leading experts in demography and related fields review the method, discuss recent extensions, test performances, and stress differences of the various procedures. The book is intended for all scientists who are interested in the reconstruction of demographic scenarios in particular situations, with specific kinds of data, as well as for statisticians and mathematicians who are attracted by this fascinating field of application.

Reflections on inverse projection : its origins, development, extensions, and relation to forecasting1Inverse projection : fine-tuning and expanding the method11Using information on the age distribution of deaths in population reconstruction : an extension of inverse projection with applications29The stochastic inverse projection and the population of Velletri (1590-1870)39Testing inverse projection, differentiated inverse projection and stochastic inverse projection : a reconstruction of the population of Sardinia between 1861 and 1921 using three different techniques73Comparing the results from generalised inverse projection and stochastic inverse projection95Cohort reproduction patterns in small Italian towns : results from stochastic inverse projection107Malthusian checks : an investigation into sufficiency conditions, long-term dynamics and implications for inverse projections129