Age-Period-Cohort Models: Approaches and Analyses with Aggregate Data

ISBN-13: 9780367576080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Robert O'Brien

Opis

This book presents an introduction to the problems and strategies for modeling age, period, and cohort (APC) effects for aggregate-level data. These strategies include constrained estimation, the use of age and/or period and/or cohort characteristics, estimable functions, variance decomposition, and a new technique called the s-constraint approa

Recenzje

"This is an excellent book on age–period–cohort (APC) models for the analysis of data from demography and related fields. … an excellent work with wonderful resources on APC models. … It will be very useful to research scholars … looking for several advanced APC approaches. The book effectively presents the strengths and weaknesses of various statistical methods of APC analysis, which should lead to advanced future research and better interpretation of existing research."
—International Statistical Review, 2015

Spis treści

Introduction to the Age, Period, and Cohort Mix. Multiple Classification Models and Constrained Regression. Geometry of APC Models and Constrained Estimation. Estimable Functions Approach. Partitioning the Variance in APC Models. Factor-Characteristic Approach. Conclusions: An Empirical Example. Index.

O autorze

Robert M. O’Brien is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Oregon. He specializes in criminology and quantitative methods and has published extensively in both areas. In what is labeled semiretirement, he coedits Sociological Perspectives with James R. Elliott and Jean Stockard and works on research projects.