Thursday, April 1 / 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM   •   Berkeley

Session 54:
Population Forecasting

Chair: Wolfgang Lutz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

  1. Evaluation of the Variants of the Lee-Carter Method of Forecasting Mortality: A Multi-Country ComparisonHeather Booth, Australian National University ; Leonie Tickle, Macquarie University ; Len Smith, Australian National University

  2. Forecasting Best-Practice Life Expectancy to Forecast National Life ExpectancyJames W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Sabine Schnabel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

  3. Forecasting Long Run Economic Growth in India: An Application of Probabilistic Demographic ProjectionsAlexia Fuernkranz-Prskawetz, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Tomas Kögel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Sergei Scherbov, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Warren C. Sanderson, Stony Brook University, State University of New York

  4. Population Scenarios Based on Probabilistic Projections: An Application for the Millennium Ecosystem AssessmentBrian C. O'Neill, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

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