title: Age-distribution dynamics and aging indexes.
abstract: I analyze the dynamics of the age distribution as some vital rates change. When the fertility or mortality rate declines, the age distribution often manifests a dynamic stochastic-dominance relationship. I also propose some alternative indexes for measuring population aging. These indexes are closely connected with the age-distribution dynamics and contain more refined information about the distribution of age among the old.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, National Taiwan University, Taipei. cychu@cc.ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001723:Birth Rate; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009026:Mortality; D010415:Pensions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012179:Retirement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014798:Vital Statistics