Life and Worklife Expectancies, Second Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1933264748 ISBN 13: 9781933264745

Verlag: LAWYERS & JUDGES PUB, 2009

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Reseña del editor:

Now the information you need for determining life and worklife expectancies is in one complete volume right at your fingertips: smokers by education, many educational categories by race/Hispanic origin, persons with medical conditions, and more. Our brand new Life and Worklife Expectancies, Second Edition now features extensive life and worklife expectancy tables and figures in an easily accessible format. Part I contains an overview of the methods and data sources used in life tables: differences between period and cohort life tables, properties of survival data, life expectancy by educational attainment, race/Hispanic origin, smoking staus, relative mortality ratios for persons with medical risks, quality of care and life expectancy in cases of illness or disability, use of life annuities and structured settlements, calculation of retirement benefits, and more. Part II addresses the main methods of determining duration of working life. Detailed tables for all methods and many educational, demographic, smoking status , occupational category, gender and race/Hispanic origin are provided. Biases are discussed and previous worklife estimates are corrected by including mortality rates by educational attainment. The increment-decrement model is carefully analyzed for correction of other potential biases. In addition, it discusses pros and cons of the various methods, for example worklife expectancies, Life-Participation-Employment (LPE) and Median Years to Retirement (MYR).Part III contains comprehensive tables of life and worklife expectancies for the many demographics discussed in the text. This is the most complete overview of life and worklife expectancies for attorneys, insurance professionals, and forensic economists available anywhere.

Biografía del autor:

Hugh Richards received a B.S. in geology from Oberlin College, an M.F.A. in Filmmaking from the University of Washington, and an M.S. in the economics of natural resources from the University of Alaska. He has ten years experience in forensic economics, dealing mostly with lost earnings, non-market services (including the widespread Alaskan practice of providing well-being for one's family through hunting, fishing, firewood, and so forth), and retirement benefits. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, the National Association of Forensic Economists, the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts, the Western Economic Association, and the American Economic Association. Mr. Richards' publications have dealt primarily, but not exclusively, with life and worklife expectancies. He currently resides in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he is a consulting forensic economist. Hugh is married to Jamila, a pianist who grew up in Prague, and is the delighted sixty-four-year-old father of Juanito, their Guatemala miracle brought home for Christmas 2007. Michael Donaldson holds a BA from Western State College of Colorado (1989) and a Ph.D. in computer simulation modeling from University of California, Davis (1995). He currently resides in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he and his wife Catherine are raising two boys. Michael is a consultant specializing in data acquisition and analysis and also teaches science at the Institute for Science and Mathematics, home of the famed "Mad Scientist Workshops."

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• Verlag: LAWYERS & JUDGES PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1933264748
• ISBN 13: 9781933264745
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 243
• Herausgeber: Richards Hugh, Donaldson Michael