Forecasting of Singapore's future mortality rates : the Heligman-Pollard model and its comparison to the Lee-Carter model.

• Main Authors: Chua, Hui Shan., Ong, Qian Hao., Yap, Sze May.
• Other Authors: Uditha Balasooriya
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Actuarial science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15091
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this project, we study mortality rates and life expectancies of the Singapore population using the Heligman-Pollard model – both initial and extended versions. The evolution of the parameters of both variants of the model are obtained, analyzed and discussed to form the basis upon which the futur...