Cohort effect
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The term cohort effect is used in social science to describe variations in the characteristics of an area of study (such as the incidence of a characteristic or the age at onset) over time among individuals who are defined by some shared temporal experience or common life experience, such as year of birth, or year of exposure to radiation.[1][2]
Cohort effects are important to
Cohort effects are important to resource dependency, and economics theorists when these groups affect structures of influence within their larger organizations. Cohorts in organizations are often defined by entry or birth date, and they retain some common characteristic (size, cohesiveness, competition) that can affect the organization. For example, cohort effects are critical issues in school enrollment.
In order to determine whether a cohort effect is present, a researcher may conduct a cohort study.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-387-79061-9, retrieved 2023-07-27
- PMID 5846306.
External links
- Cohort Effects on Earnings Profiles
- Cohort effect in Lung Function among Smokers Archived 2006-07-14 at the Wayback Machine