taylor-law-mortality

taylor-law-mortality provides the R source code used in the paper:

Cohen, Bohk-Ewald, Rau (2018). Gompertz, Makeham, and Siler models explain Taylor’s law in human mortality data. Demographic Research 38(29): 773-842

How to run

The code needs to be executed in four steps, as defined by step-*.R files in the root directory.

Prerequisites

• The .R files in ./dumps/ contain empty lists due to copyrights. You will need to put in mortality data yourself. See comments in step-1-mortality-parameter-estimation.R.

• Make sure you have configured the correct paths (in each of the four step-*.R files).

Execution

Run the step-*.R scripts in the root directory in the prescribed order.

How to cite

If you use this code for academic research, please cite the above paper.

How to contribute

Please note that this source code is an academic project. We welcome any issues and pull requests.

License

The source code of taylor-law-mortality is published under the GNU General Public License version 3.