Economic And Demographic Overview

Author : John B. Shoven
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226754727

Get Book

Demography and the Economy by John B. Shoven Pdf

Demographics is a vital field of study for understanding social and economic change and it has attracted attention in recent years as concerns have grown over the aging populations of developed nations. Demographic studies help make sense of key aspects of the economy, offering insight into trends in fertility, mortality, immigration, and labor force participation, as well as age, gender, and race specific trends in health and disability. Demography and the Economy explores the connections between demography and economics, paying special attention to what demographic trends can reveal about the sustainability of traditional social security programs and the larger implications for economic growth. The volume brings together some of the leading scholars working at the border between the two disciplines, and it provides an eclectic overview of both fields. Contributors also offer deeper analysis of a variety of issues such as the impact of greater wealth on choices about marriage and childbearing and the effects of aging populations on housing prices, Social Security, and Medicare.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Finance, Public
ISBN : MSU:31293011679002

Get Book

Economic and demographic overview by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia Pdf

Author : United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210573948

Get Book

Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 3 by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Pdf

Since its early years, the United Nations has issued a series of international recommendations on population and housing censuses under the title “Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses”. These publication series, which are based on good national practices in census taking, are widely used by national statistical offices and census officials in countries throughout the world in planning and carrying out population and housing censuses, as well as other related data collection activities, particularly demographic and and socio-economic surveys. The recommendations provide guidance on the main characteristics of population and housing censuses, general material on census methodology, planning, and operations, and more detailed guidance on the content of censuses, in terms of topics for population and also housing. These series are currently revised to assist countries in preparing for the 2020 round of censuses by taking into account changes in methodology, technology, as well as the need for better data dissemination and utilization.

Author : Andrew M. Isserman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789400949805

Get Book

Population Change and the Economy: Social Science Theories and Models by Andrew M. Isserman Pdf

Population change and population forecasts are receiving considerable attention from governmental planners and policy-makers, as well as from the private sector. Old patterns of population redistribution, industrial location, labor-force participation, household formation, and fertility are changing. The resulting uncertainty has increased interest in forecasting because mere extrapolations of past trends are proving inadequate. In the United States of America popUlation forecasts received even more attention after federal agencies began distributing funds for capital infrastructure to state and local governments on the basis of projected future populations. If the national government had based those funding decisions on locally prepared projections, the optimism of local officials would have resulted in billions of dollars worth of excess capacity in sewage treatment plants alone. Cabinet-level inquiries concluded that the U. S. Department of Commerce should (1) assume the responsibility for developing a single set of projections for use whenever future population was a consideration in federal spending decisions and (2) develop methods which incorporate both economic and demographic factors causing population change. Neither the projections prepared by economists at the Bureau of Economic Analysis nor those prepared by demographers at the Bureau of the Census were considered satisfactory because neither method adequately recognized the intertwined nature of demographic and economic change. Against this background, the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the U. S.

Author : David Bloom,David Canning,Jaypee Sevilla
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780833033734

Get Book

The Demographic Dividend by David Bloom,David Canning,Jaypee Sevilla Pdf

There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.

Author : Charles Goodhart,Manoj Pradhan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030426576

Get Book

The Great Demographic Reversal by Charles Goodhart,Manoj Pradhan Pdf

This original and panoramic book proposes that the underlying forces of demography and globalisation will shortly reverse three multi-decade global trends – it will raise inflation and interest rates, but lead to a pullback in inequality. “Whatever the future holds”, the authors argue, “it will be nothing like the past”. Deflationary headwinds over the last three decades have been primarily due to an enormous surge in the world’s available labour supply, owing to very favourable demographic trends and the entry of China and Eastern Europe into the world’s trading system. This book demonstrates how these demographic trends are on the point of reversing sharply, coinciding with a retreat from globalisation. The result? Ageing can be expected to raise inflation and interest rates, bringing a slew of problems for an over-indebted world economy, but is also anticipated to increase the share of labour, so that inequality falls. Covering many social and political factors, as well as those that are more purely macroeconomic, the authors address topics including ageing, dementia, inequality, populism, retirement and debt finance, among others. This book will be of interest and understandable to anyone with an interest on where the world’s economy may be going.

Author : Ian Bowen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136447983

Get Book

Economics and Demography (Routledge Revivals) by Ian Bowen Pdf

First published in 1976, Economics and Demography discusses how the world population doubled in the thirty years prior to its publication, and considers the economic implications of this demographic transformation. Professor Bowen, with many years’ experience of research into the economic and statistical aspects of population and world development, provides a survey of the population of the world, and of how political economists have explained population growth. The author’s survey looks first at the mechanisms of growth – fertility, mortality, and migration – followed by an account of theories of growth from Adam Smith to the present day. Professor Bowen, a former fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, who taught at universities in England, America, Australia and Asia, writes from the point of view of a political economist rather than a demographer, and Economics and Demography is of particular value to students of development, development economics and demography within departments of economics, economic history and geography.

Author : Ansley Johnson Coale,Edgar M. Hoover
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400878598

Get Book

Population Growth and Economic Development by Ansley Johnson Coale,Edgar M. Hoover Pdf

The main contribution of this book lies in its focus on real alternatives in future population growth. At some time-taken as 1956 in India for this case study-a low-income country may have the option of effectively promoting the reduction of fertility, or (by inaction) of permitting fertility to remain at high levels. This book clearly shows the nature and extent of the economic gains resulting from fertility reduction. Since most low-income areas are destined for rapid population growth even with substantial fertility declines, the emphasis is placed between moderately rapid and very rapid growth. The extensive quantitative population projections show the importance of the growth rate itself and of changes in age distribution in addition to population size. The results for India have direct implications for all low-income, primarily agrarian areas entering a program of economic development. Originally published in 1958. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : T. Paul Schultz
Publisher : Reading, MA : Addison-Wesley
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4251721

Get Book

Economics of Population by T. Paul Schultz Pdf

Author : Takatoshi Ito,Andrew K. Rose
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226386881

Get Book

The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia by Takatoshi Ito,Andrew K. Rose Pdf

Recent studies show that almost all industrial countries have experienced dramatic decreases in both fertility and mortality rates. This situation has led to aging societies with economies that suffer from both a decline in the working population and a rise in fiscal deficits linked to increased government spending. East Asia exemplifies these trends, and this volume offers an in-depth look at how long-term demographic transitions have taken shape there and how they have affected the economy in the region. The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia assembles a group of experts to explore such topics as comparative demographic change, population aging, the rising cost of health care, and specific policy concerns in individual countries. The volume provides an overview of economic growth in East Asia as well as more specific studies on Japan, Korea, China, and Hong Kong. Offering important insights into the causes and consequences of this transition, this book will benefit students, researchers, and policy makers focused on East Asia as well as anyone concerned with similar trends elsewhere in the world.

Author : W. R. Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000385458

Get Book

European Demography and Economic Growth by W. R. Lee Pdf

First published in 1979, European Demography and Economic Growth presents a collection of essays on the demographic development of individual European economies like Austria, Hungary, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Portugal etc. It provides a comparative analysis to clarify many crucial issues connected with the growth in European population from mid-eighteenth century. It looks at the suitable criteria for assessing the applicability of general theory to the experience of individual nations. It showcases the over-riding contrast between substantial economic variations on a national and regional level and the existence of common underlying demographic trends. This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of economic history, political economy, European history, population geography and economics in general.

Author : Nigel Crook
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015041080386

Get Book

Principles of Population and Development by Nigel Crook Pdf

Principles of Population and Development is designed to fill a significant gap in introductory teaching materials on population for undergraduate and Masters students of demography, development studies, economics, geography, and related disciplines. The text grew out of Nigel Crook's lecturesat SOAS, University of London, and its use of models and data from a wider-than-normal geographical base reflects his intention to produce a truly international course book. The book considers the debate over the relationships between population, natural resources, and development from Malthus on, and introduces recent thinking on population and environment issues. The political economy of famine and health, and of fertility and birth control, is discussed in detail.The final chapters focus on interrelationships between population change and urbanization and industrialization in the developing world. Each chapter introduces theories and ideas about population and development and then moves on to empirical and quantitative material and case studies. Demographic measures and principles are explained fully in boxes, without taking any prior technical knowledge for granted.

Author : William M. Dugger,James T. Peach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317472667

Get Book

Economic Abundance by William M. Dugger,James T. Peach Pdf

Most principles of economics texts are predicated narrowly on the concept of scarcity as a fundamental force, but that is only one aspect of economics. This supplemental text for basic and intermediate level undergraduates provides a serious discussion of the concept of abundance - what it means, how we can move toward it, and what keeps us from doing so. The authors first outline the development of the concept of abundance and its meaning with discussions of the roles of population, resources, and the environment. Then they consider why abundance escapes us, focusing on the detrimental roles of four predatory behaviors - classism, nationalism, sexism, and racism. As a remedy, they propose a policy of universal employment as a replacement for full employment, and explore the effects of pushing the unemployment rate down to absolute zero.

Author : Frank T. Denton,Byron G. Spencer
Publisher : Farnborough, Hants. : Saxon House ; Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4149044

Get Book

Population and the Economy by Frank T. Denton,Byron G. Spencer Pdf

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513543666

Get Book

Finance & Development, June 2020 by International Monetary Fund Pdf

Finance & Development, June 2020