title: Count data models for demographic data.
abstract: "This paper deals with the estimation of single equation models in which the counts are regressed on a set of observed individual characteristics such as age, gender, or nationality.... We propose a generalized event count model to simultaneously allow for a wide class of count data models and account for over- and underdispersion.  This model is successfully applied to German data on fertility, divorces and mobility." (SUMMARY IN FRE)
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Winkelmann
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004243:Divorce; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005298:Fertility; D005858:Germany; D008393:Marriage; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Divorce; Estimation Technics; Europe; Fertility; Germany; Mathematical Model; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Nuptiality; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Western Europe