Can Taylor’s law of fluctuation scaling and its relatives help demographers select more plausible multi-regional population forecasts?

Joel E.  Cohen; Helge  Brunborg; Meng  Xu

doi:doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2018s015

Vienna Institute of Demography (Ed.)

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2018

Broadening demographic horizons

ISSN 1728-4414
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doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2018
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2018
2018
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Introduction

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Vienna Institute of Demography (Ed.)

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2018

Broadening demographic horizons

ISSN 1728-4414
Print Edition
ISSN 1728-5305
Online Edition
ISBN 978-3-7001-8364-8
Print Edition
ISBN 978-3-7001-8436-2
Online Edition

doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2018
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2018
2018
Open access

Joel E. Cohen,

Helge Brunborg,

Meng Xu

Can Taylor’s law of fluctuation scaling and its relatives help demographers select more plausible multi-regional population forecasts? ()

S. 015 - 023
doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2018s015

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doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2018s015

Abstract:
Which of several alternative population forecasts is the “best” or the most plausible? In published work summarized here, we use Taylor’s law (TL) and its quadratic generalization to select the best among six alternative projections (by Statistics Norway) of Norwegian county population density. We consider two time scales: long term (1978–2010 as the historical basis for projections of 2011–2040) and short term (2006–2010 as the historical basis for projections of 2011–2015). We find that the short-term projections selected as “best” by TL are more closely aligned than the four other projections with the recent county density data, and reflect the current high rate of international net immigration to Norway. Our approach needs to be further tested using other data and demographic forecasts.

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