Population dynamics
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Has China’s economic growth led to improved welfare for families?
- ( Guifen Luo / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development , 2007)
- Based on interviews with rural-urban migrants in Anhui and Sichuan provinces of China, this paper focuses on the coping strategies adopted by Chinese rural-urban migrant families to deal with the tens...
- By 2050 the United State's racial and ethnic mix will look very different than today
- ( J.S. Passel;D. Cohn / Pew Hispanic Center , 2008)
- If current trends continue, the population of the United States will rise to 438 million in 2050, from 296 million in 2005. Of this increase, 82% will be due to the both the arrival of immigrant...
- Charting the evolution of global population policies
- ( United Nations Population Division , 2008)
- This report provides a global perspective on the evolution of aspects of population policies between 1976 and 2007 with respect to major population variables. It looks at the views and policies ...
- New figures suggest that global population growth is very likely to end during this century
- ( W. Lutz;W. Sanderson;S. Scherbov / Nature [journal] , 2008)
- Population ageing is not only about there being more old people (by today’s definition of what is old), it is also about people living longer lives. To capture this important impact of increasin...
- Do demographics in Indonesia affect inequality?
- ( S. Hondai / The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development , 2006)
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This paper discusses income distribution in Java with a particular emphasis on factors that affect consumption inequality in Indonesia. The document reviews existing works on inequality and relates...
- Is there a correlation between demographics and income growth?
- ( D.S. Mapa;K.J.S. Briones / The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development , 2006)
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This paper examines the relationship between population dynamics and income growth in the Philippines using data from 74 provinces for the period of 1985-2003. It also examines the robustness of th...
- Populations are growing most rapidly where such growth can be afforded the least
- ( E. Carnevale / Population Reference Bureau , 2007)
- We entered the 21st century with 6.1 billion people. In 2007, world population is calculated to be 6.6 billion. The increase in the size of the human population in the last half-century is unprecedent...
- Every country would benefit from an environmentally sustainable population policy
- ( J. Guillebaud / Optimum Population Trust , 2007)
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Every country - not merely those in the developing world - would benefit from a national population policy that takes environmental sustainability into account. The planet faces the biggest generat...
Eastern European and former Soviet countries expected to feel extreme economic impacts of demographic changes
- ( M. Chawla;G. Betcherman;A. Banerji / World Bank , 2007)
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The countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are experiencing a third transition, a transition that overlaps with their recent political and economic transitions. This third transiti...
What will be the long term impact of a shrinking labour force having to support an increasingly larger older population?
- ( Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2007)
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The World Economic and Social Survey 2007analyses the challenges and opportunities associated with ageing populations and aims to facilitate discussions in furthering the Madrid International Plan ...
