“...Demography; Computer Modeling; Methodology; Theory; Quantitative analysis; Model-based view of science...”

“...This study develops and applies a general framework for the analysis of the period quantum and tempo of life-cycle events, extending methods developed...”

“...This study examines the existence of tempo effects in mortality and evaluates the procedure developed by Bongaarts and Feeney for calculating a tempo-adjusted...”

“...What does tempo-adjusted period life expectancy measure? Taking a cohort perspective, I show that under conditions of constant linear mortality shifts the...”

“...Tommy Bengtsson is Professor of Economic History and Demography at Lund University. He is also Director of the Centre for Economics Demography, same...”

“...The most widely used measure of longevity is the period life expectancy at birth which is calculated from age specific death rates by life table methods. In...”

“...This study investigates the risk of having a first child in Italy for the three largest groups of foreigners in Italy - Albanians, Moroccans and Romanians. The...”

“...Because household-based survey designs are notoriously ineffective in studying hard-to-reach groups such as irregular migrants, these groups, however...”