Household and living arrangement projections : the extended cohort-compound method and applications to the U.S. and China

Household and living arrangement projections : the extended cohort-compound method and applications to the U.S. and China /

"This book presents an innovative demographic toolkit known as the ProFamy extended cohort-component method for the projection of household structures and living arrangements with empirical applications to the United States, the largest developed country, and China, the largest developing count...

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Main Authors: Zeng, Yi, 1952- (Author), Land, Kenneth C. (Author), Gu, Danan (Author), Wang, Zhenglian (Population researcher) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
Series:Springer series on demographic methods and population analysis ; 36.
Subjects:
Population forecasting.
Households > Economic aspects > United States > Forecasting.
Households > Economic aspects > China > Forecasting.
Consumption (Economics) > United States > Forecasting.
Consumption (Economics) > China > Forecasting.
Online Access:Full text (Wentworth users only)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • PART I. METHODOLOGY, DATA, AND ASSESSMENTS
  • 2. ProFamy: The Extended Cohort-Component Method for Household and Living Arrangement Projections
  • 3. Data Needs and Estimation Procedures
  • 4. Empirical Assessments and a Comparison with the Headship Rate Method
  • 5. Extension of ProFamy Model to Project Elderly Disability Status and Home-Based Care Costs, with an Illustrative Application
  • 6. Household and Living Arrangement Projections at the Small Area Level
  • 7. A Simple Method for Projecting Pension Deficit Rates and an Illustrative Application.
  • PART II. APPLICATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
  • 8. U.S. Family Household Momentum and Dynamics: Projections at the National Level
  • 9. Household and Living Arrangement Projections for the 50 States, Washington DC, and Relatively Large Counties in the U.S.
  • 10. Effects of Changes in Household Structure and Living Arrangements on Future Home-Based Care Costs for Disabled Elders in the United States
  • 11. Projections of Household Vehicle Consumption in the United States.
  • PART III. APPLICATIONS IN CHINA
  • 12. Household and Living Arrangement Projections in China at the National Level
  • 13. Dynamics of Households and Living Arrangements in the Eastern, Middle, and Western Regions of China
  • 14. Application of Household and Living Arrangement Projections to Policy Analysis in China
  • 15. Household Housing Demand Projections for Hebei Province of China.
  • PART IV. PROFAMY: A SOFTWARE FOR HOUSEHOLD AND CONSUMPTION FORECASTING
  • 16. Setting Up the Projection Model
  • 17. Preparing Input Data, Computing, and Managing Output
  • 18. Epilogue: Summary and Future Perspectives.

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