A short note on the taeuber paradox

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When the force of mortality is reduced by a constant fraction 0 at every age, the relative increase in life expectancy e(0) can be measured by δH, where H is determined by the l(a) values of the life table. Although H is not easily reducible in terms of the well-known life table parameters, it has been shown that it can be approximately estimated by 2 - e(0)/à in which d is the average age of the stationary population. It has been found that, for a given value of 0, the relative gain in life expectancy is less appreciable in countries with larger values of e(0). © 1978 Population Association of America.

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Mitra, S. (1978). A short note on the taeuber paradox. Demography, 15(4), 621–623. https://doi.org/10.2307/2061211

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