Mathematical Demography: Selected Papers

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-6
Tables of Annuity Values Which Were Sanctioned by the Roman Law for the Purposes of the Lex Falcidia....Pages 7-9
Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made Upon the Bills of Mortality....Pages 11-20
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind....Pages 21-26
A Treatise on the Valuation of Annuities and Assurances on Lives and Survivors....Pages 27-34
Statistical Applications of the Mortality Table....Pages 35-38
Formal Treatment of Aggregate Mortality Data....Pages 39-41
A Short Method for Constructing an Abridged Life Table....Pages 43-51
Short Methods of Constructing Abridged Life Tables....Pages 53-60
Life Tables for Natural Populations of Animals....Pages 61-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-77
An Illustration of Population Growth....Pages 79-82
A General Investigation into the Mortality and Multiplication of the Human Species....Pages 83-91
Relation Between Birth Rates and Death Rates....Pages 93-95
A Problem in Age-Distribution....Pages 97-100
The Stability of the Normal Age Distribution....Pages 101-107
Resolving a Historical Confusion in Population Analysis....Pages 109-129
On the Integral Equation of Renewal Theory....Pages 131-156
A New Method for Calculating Lotka’s r — The Intrinsic Rate of Growth in a Stable Population....Pages 157-160
The Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection....Pages 161-166
How the Age Distribution of a Human Population is Determined....Pages 167-172
On the Reproduction of Organisms with Overlapping Generations....Pages 173-182
Front Matter....Pages 75-77
The Population Consequences of Life History Phenomena....Pages 183-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-195
The Probability of a Cessation of the Growth of Population in England and Wales during the Next Century....Pages 197-205
Population Waves....Pages 207-211
On the Use of Matrices in Certain Population Mathematics....Pages 213-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-230
On the Nature of the Function Expressive of the Law of Human Mortality....Pages 231-234
On the Law of Mortality....Pages 235-240
Calculation of Model Tables....Pages 241-252
Methods of Analysis and Estimation....Pages 253-259
Nuptiality, Fertility, and Reproductivity....Pages 261-268
Model Fertility Tables: Variations in the Age Structure of Childbearing in Human Populations....Pages 269-277
A Note on the Law of Population Growth....Pages 279-285
On the Rate of Growth of the Population of the United States since 1790 and its Mathematical Representation....Pages 287-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-297
First Investigations on the Fecundability of a Woman....Pages 299-303
Theoretical Basis of Measures of Natural Fertility....Pages 305-314
On the Time Required for Conception....Pages 315-323
Back Matter....Pages 325-335