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A new measure of mortality differentials based on precedence probability

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This short note aims to propose a new comparison measure for life tables: the age shift needed to restore equality of survival chance as measured by the precedence probability. Mortality by household income in France and by generation in Belgium is used as an illustration.

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The authors are grateful to two anonymous Referees and a Co-Editor for numerous suggestions which helped us improve the text compared to an initial version.

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  1. Departamento de Ciencias Exactas-DECE, UFA-ESPE, Sangolqui, Ecuador

    Meitner Cadena

  2. Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Science-ISBA, Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modeling-LIDAM, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    Michel Denuit

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Cadena, M., Denuit, M. A new measure of mortality differentials based on precedence probability. Eur. Actuar. J. 11, 717–724 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13385-021-00280-3

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