Arbeitspapier
Bayesian demographic modeling and forecasting: an application to U.S. mortality
We present a new way to model age-specific demographic variables with the example of age-specific mortality in the U.S., building on the Lee-Carter approach and extending it in several dimensions. We incorporate covariates and model their dynamics jointly with the latent variables underlying mortality of all age classes. In contrast to previous models, a similar development of adjacent age groups is assured allowing for consistent forecasts. We develop an appropriate Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm to estimate the parameters and the latent variables in an efficient one-step procedure. Via the Bayesian approach we are able to asses uncertainty intuitively by constructing error bands for the forecasts. We observe that in particular parameter uncertainty is important for long-run forecasts. This implies that hitherto existing forecasting methods, which ignore certain sources of uncertainty, may yield misleadingly sure predictions. To test the forecast ability of our model we perform in-sample and out-of-sample forecasts up to 2050, revealing that covariates can help to improve the forecasts for particular age classes. A structural analysis of the relationship between age-specific mortality and covariates is conducted in a companion paper.
- Language
-
Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
-
Series: SFB 649 Discussion Paper ; No. 2008,052
- Classification
-
Wirtschaft
Bayesian Analysis: General
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods
Health: General
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- Subject
-
Demography
age-specific
mortality
Lee-Carter
stochastic
bayesian
state space models
forecasts
Sterblichkeit
Altersstruktur der Bevölkerung
Bevölkerungsprognose
Prognoseverfahren
Bayes-Statistik
Zustandsraummodell
Theorie
USA
- Event
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
-
Reichmuth, Wolfgang H.
Sarferaz, Samad
- Event
-
Veröffentlichung
- (who)
-
Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk
- (where)
-
Berlin
- (when)
-
2008
- Handle
- Last update
-
10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
Data provider
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.
Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Reichmuth, Wolfgang H.
- Sarferaz, Samad
- Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk
Time of origin
- 2008
Other Objects (12)
Bayesian Demographic Modeling and Forecasting
Modeling and forecasting age-specific mortality: a Bayesian approach
Application of machine learning to mortality modeling and forecasting
Modeling SNP array ascertainment with Approximate Bayesian Computation for demographic inference
Bayesian forecasting and dynamic models
Forecasting with Bayesian Vector Autoregressions
Bayesian forecasting and dynamic models
Modeling and forecasting mortality with economic, environmental and lifestyle variables
Temporally resolved coastal hypoxia forecasting and uncertainty assessment via Bayesian mechanistic modeling
Modeling and forecasting sex differences in mortality: a sex-ratio approach
Bayesian Risk Forecasting for Long Horizons
Forecasting VIX using Bayesian deep learning
Bayesian Demographic Modeling and Forecasting
Modeling and forecasting age-specific mortality: a Bayesian approach
Application of machine learning to mortality modeling and forecasting
Modeling SNP array ascertainment with Approximate Bayesian Computation for demographic inference
Bayesian forecasting and dynamic models
Forecasting with Bayesian Vector Autoregressions
Bayesian forecasting and dynamic models
Modeling and forecasting mortality with economic, environmental and lifestyle variables
Temporally resolved coastal hypoxia forecasting and uncertainty assessment via Bayesian mechanistic modeling
Modeling and forecasting sex differences in mortality: a sex-ratio approach
Bayesian Risk Forecasting for Long Horizons
Forecasting VIX using Bayesian deep learning
Bayesian Demographic Modeling and Forecasting
Modeling and forecasting age-specific mortality: a Bayesian approach
Application of machine learning to mortality modeling and forecasting
Modeling SNP array ascertainment with Approximate Bayesian Computation for demographic inference
Bayesian forecasting and dynamic models
Forecasting with Bayesian Vector Autoregressions
Bayesian forecasting and dynamic models
Modeling and forecasting mortality with economic, environmental and lifestyle variables
Temporally resolved coastal hypoxia forecasting and uncertainty assessment via Bayesian mechanistic modeling
Modeling and forecasting sex differences in mortality: a sex-ratio approach
Bayesian Risk Forecasting for Long Horizons