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Forecasting Age- and Sex-Specific Survival Functions: Application to Annuity Pricing

Risks
We introduce the function principal component regression (FPCR) forecasting method to model and forecast age-specific survival functions observed over time.
Shaokang Wang, Han Lin Shang, Leonie Tickle, Han Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A State-Space Estimation of the Lee-Carter Mortality Model and Implications for Annuity Pricing

, 2015
In this article we investigate a state-space representation of the Lee-Carter model which is a benchmark stochastic mortality model for forecasting age-specific death rates.
Fung, Man Chung, Peters, Gareth W., Shevchenko, Pavel V.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

A Phenomenological Study of Lived Experiences of International Counseling Students in Multicultural Counseling Courses

Counselor Education and Supervision, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This transcendental phenomenological study aimed to explore international counseling students’ (ICSs’) lived experiences in multicultural counseling classes. Semi‐structured individual interviews were conducted with 17 ICSs, six of whom also completed focus group interviews.
Anqi Yu, Susannah M. Wood
wiley   +1 more source

Age distribution, trends, and forecasts of under-5 mortality in 31 sub-Saharan African countries: A modeling study.

PLoS Medicine, 2019
BackgroundDespite the sharp decline in global under-5 deaths since 1990, uneven progress has been achieved across and within countries. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for child mortality were met only by a few ...
Iván Mejía-Guevara, Wenyun Zuo, Eran Bendavid, Nan Li, Shripad Tuljapurkar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Análisis de la mortalidad por edad y sexo mediante modelos para datos funcionales [PDF]

, 2014
En este trabajo se realiza una breve descripción del enfoque de datos funcionales para modelar las tasas de mortalidad por edad y sexo, esta propuesta es un avance sobre el modelo tradicional de Lee-Carter y alguna de sus modificaciones.
Andreozzi, Lucía, Blacona, Maria Teresa
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The Relationship Between Board Diversity and Corporate Environmental Performance: A Meta‐Analysis

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The association between corporate governance mechanisms and corporate environmental performance has gained increasing academic engagement; however, existing empirical studies provide inconsistent results. This study aims at empirically summarizing the results of previous research on the relationship between different characteristics of board ...
My Hanh Doan, Paul Ludwig, Remmer Sassen, Luisa Altenburger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing Governance for ESG: Incentive and Oversight Complementarities in Corporate Sustainability Performance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how internal governance design supports credible ESG performance by distinguishing between Incentive and Oversight Architectures. Using 13,993 firm‐year observations of US nonfinancial firms from 2018 to 2024, we estimate fixed effects and two‐step system GMM models.
Beyza Gürel, Nehir Balci, Mustafa Reha Okur   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

llc: a collection of R functions for fitting a class of Lee-Carter mortality models using iterative fitting algorithms [PDF]

, 2009
We implement a specialised iterative regression methodology in R for the analysis of age-period mortality data based on a class of generalised Lee-Carter (LC) type modelling structures.
Butt, Z., Haberman, S.
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Connecting the dots: A narrative review of the relationship between heart failure and cognitive impairment

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1119-1131, April 2025.
Abstract Large clinical data underscore that heart failure is independently associated to an increased risk of negative cognitive outcome and dementia. Emerging evidence suggests that cerebral hypoperfusion, stemming from reduced cardiac output and vascular pathology, may contribute to the largely overlapping vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease ...
Mauro Massussi, Maria Giulia Bellicini, Marianna Adamo, Andrea Pilotto, Marco Metra, Alessandro Padovani, Riccardo Proietti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Examination of Generation, Gender, and Race Centrality as Predictors of Stigma and Help‐Seeking Attitudes in African American Adults

Journal of Counseling &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite being more likely to encounter and endure higher levels of psychological distress, African American adults are less likely to seek mental health services. Yet previous research lacks an examination of within‐group differences among African Americans’ help‐seeking attitudes, particularly by generation, gender, or the centrality of race.
Sara Jean‐Philippe, Clare Merlin‐Knoblich, Demetrius Cofield   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source