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The intrinsic estimator for age-period-cohort analysis: What it is and how to use it

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Yang, Y; Schulhofer-Wohl, S; Fu, WJ; Land, KC
Published in: American Journal of Sociology
May 1, 2008

A new approach to the statistical estimation of age-period-cohort (APC) accounting models, called the intrinsic estimator (IE), recently has been developed. This article (1) further describes the IE algebraically, geometrically, and verbally, (2) reviews properties of the IE as a statistical estimator, (3) provides model validation evidence for the IE both from an empirical example and from a simulation exercise, (4) relates the coefficients of the IE to those of conventional constrained APC models using formal definitions of statistical estimability, hypothesis testing, and empirical applications that directly address a criticism that often has been lodged at general-purpose methods of APC analysis, and (5) introduces computer software for application of the IE that interested users can readily access. The authors conclude that the IE holds the potential for applications not only to APC analysis but also to similar problems of structural underidentification in sociology. © 2008 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.

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American Journal of Sociology

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0002-9602

Publication Date

May 1, 2008

Volume

113

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1697 / 1736

Related Subject Headings

  • Sociology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1608 Sociology
 

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Yang, Y., Schulhofer-Wohl, S., Fu, W. J., & Land, K. C. (2008). The intrinsic estimator for age-period-cohort analysis: What it is and how to use it. American Journal of Sociology, 113(6), 1697–1736. https://doi.org/10.1086/587154
Yang, Y., S. Schulhofer-Wohl, W. J. Fu, and K. C. Land. “The intrinsic estimator for age-period-cohort analysis: What it is and how to use it.” American Journal of Sociology 113, no. 6 (May 1, 2008): 1697–1736. https://doi.org/10.1086/587154.
Yang Y, Schulhofer-Wohl S, Fu WJ, Land KC. The intrinsic estimator for age-period-cohort analysis: What it is and how to use it. American Journal of Sociology. 2008 May 1;113(6):1697–736.
Yang, Y., et al. “The intrinsic estimator for age-period-cohort analysis: What it is and how to use it.” American Journal of Sociology, vol. 113, no. 6, May 2008, pp. 1697–736. Scopus, doi:10.1086/587154.
Yang Y, Schulhofer-Wohl S, Fu WJ, Land KC. The intrinsic estimator for age-period-cohort analysis: What it is and how to use it. American Journal of Sociology. 2008 May 1;113(6):1697–1736.
Journal cover image

Published In

American Journal of Sociology

DOI

ISSN

0002-9602

Publication Date

May 1, 2008

Volume

113

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1697 / 1736

Related Subject Headings

  • Sociology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1608 Sociology