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Recent Mortality Experience Described by Gompertz's and Makeham's Laws - Including a Generalization

Recent Mortality Experience Described by Gompertz's and Makeham's Laws - Including a Generalization The objectives of this paper are to determine the extent to which Makeham's ...
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Description: The objectives of this paper are to determine the extent to which Makeham's or Gompertz's laws describe recent insurance and population mortality analyze how the constants in the two laws vary with respect to some factors and propose a simple extension to Makeham's law to account for recent departures from the laws, related to difference in sex. Presented at Actuarial Research Conference at Ball State University, September 1, 1978
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- Authors: William H Wetterstrand
- Date: Sep 1978
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
- Publication Name: Actuarial Research Clearing House
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments

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