Age-Period-Cohort Models

Approaches and Analyses with Aggregate Data
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4665-5153-4
Verlag: Chapman and Hall/CRC

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Reihe: Chapman & Hall/CRC Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Develop a Deep Understanding of the Statistical Issues of APC Analysis

Age–Period–Cohort Models: Approaches and Analyses with Aggregate Data presents an introduction to the problems and strategies for modeling age, period, and cohort (APC) effects for aggregate-level data. These strategies include constrained estimation, the use of age and/or period and/or cohort characteristics, estimable functions, variance decomposition, and a new technique called the s-constraint approach.

See How Common Methods Are Related to Each Other

After a general and wide-ranging introductory chapter, the book explains the identification problem from algebraic and geometric perspectives and discusses constrained regression. It then covers important strategies that provide information that does not directly depend on the constraints used to identify the APC model. The final chapter presents a specific empirical example showing that a combination of the approaches can make a compelling case for particular APC effects.

Get Answers to Questions about the Relationships of Ages, Periods, and Cohorts to Important Substantive Variables

This book incorporates several APC approaches into one resource, emphasizing both their geometry and algebra. This integrated presentation helps researchers effectively judge the strengths and weaknesses of the methods, which should lead to better future research and better interpretation of existing research.

Zielgruppe

Researchers and students in statistics, demography, sociology, epidemiology, and related areas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Brien, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the Age, Period, and Cohort Mix. Multiple Classification Models and Constrained Regression. Geometry of APC Models and Constrained Estimation. Estimable Functions Approach. Partitioning the Variance in APC Models. Factor-Characteristic Approach. Conclusions: An Empirical Example. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert M. O’Brien is a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Oregon. He specializes in criminology and quantitative methods and has published extensively in both areas. In what is labeled semiretirement, he coedits Sociological Perspectives with James R. Elliott and Jean Stockard and works on research projects.