Population dynamics
- Survey of changes in governments' population policies from 1976 to 2005
- United Nations Population Division, 2006
- This publication shows, on a country-by-country basis, the evolution of Government views and policies from 1976 to 2005 with respect to population size and growth, population age structure, fertility and family planning, health and mo...
- Mortality changes in the World
- United Nations Population Division, 2006
- The main objective of this report is to compile and summarise available information about levels and trends of mortality and life expectancy for national populations. A related goal is to compare estimates from various sources to thos...
- Immigration prediction model could offer policy solutions
- N. Howe; R. Jackson / Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, 2006
- Assumptions about international migration are an increasingly important component of demographic projections. Yet most official immigration projections both in the United States and abroad rely on ad-hoc assumptions based on little th...
- Care for elderly in new EU countries needs forward planning
- C. Mette / Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada, 2005
- The ten new Member States who joined the European Union in May 2004 have increased the population of EU-15 by 20 percent. This study shows that the new members (the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, P...
- China's fertility decline and its implications for labour supply and the ageing population
- W. Feng; A. Mason / United Nations Population Division, 2005
- This report evaluates the impact of changes in the Chinese population age structures on its economy, both in the past two decades and in the near future. Demographically, China has transformed itself from a demographic transiti...
- Older female migrants in Europe suffer social exclusion
- AGE+, 2005
- This reports summarises key findings on the situation of older migrant women in the five participating countires of the AGE+ project - the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands and Italy. The report argues that olde...
- Can controlled immigration offset population age imbalances?
- F. T. Denton; B. G. Spencer / Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population, McMaster University, Canada, 2005
- This report uses simulation methods to explore the effects of immigration as a control instrument to offset the economic and demographic consequences of low fertility rates and ageing population distribution. A series of experiments a...
- Demographic changes threaten economic hardship in Mexico
- R. Jackson / Global Aging Initiative Program, 2005
- United Nations' figures project that in 2050 one in five Mexicans will be aged over 65 and there will be equal numbers of children and elderly. This report argues that therefore Mexico must improve the skills of its workforce, raise l...
- Need for long-term care workers has major implications for immigration policies
- D. L. Redfoot; A. N. Houser / American Association of Retired Persons International Section, 2005
- This report examines demographic, social, and political factors driving the increased international migration of workers to provide long-term care services in developed countries. These factors affect the availability and quality of l...
- China's contribution to future capital levels in the developed world
- H. Fehr; S. Jokisch; L. Kotlikoff / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005
- People in the developed world are ageing, and economic projections have shown how this demographic is likely to lead to capital shortage, reducing real wages per unit of human capital in order to compensate for benefit-related tax hik...
- How best to measure pension adequacy
- A.G. Grech / Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and R, 2013
- Though the main benchmark used to assess pension reforms continues to be the expected resulting fall in future government spending, the impact of policy changes on pension adequacy is increasingly coming to the for...
- China’s pension system: a vision
- World Bank, 2013
- China is facing a dramatic ageing process and demographic transition as a result of declines in fertility combined with significant increases in longevity. Old-age dependency ratios are therefore projected to almost triple over three ...
- Asia’s demographic transition will adversely affect its economic growth
- D. Park; K. Shin / Asian Development Bank, 2011
- Population ageing affects growth through savings, capital accumulation, labour force participation, and total factor productivity. This paper examines the impact of ageing on those four channels in 12 developing Asian economies that c...
- Rapid population ageing means challenges for Myanmar
- HelpAge International, 2013
- Myanmar’s population is beginning to age rapidly. According to UN projections, by 2050 older people will comprise a quarter of Myanmar’s total population. Shortly after 2035, persons aged 60 and older will outnumber ...
- Youthquake: will Melanesian democracy be sunk by demography?
- Pacific Institute of Public Policy, 2010
- One area where there is similarity between the Middle East and Melanesia is demographics. Both have large, youthful populations that are tired of the status quo and leaders who have failed to manage change, including generational chan...
- Slowing population growth in Malawi is essential for poverty reduction strategies to work
- Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi, 2012
- Malawi adds over 400,000 people each year to its population. Without a reduction in the average number of births per woman, health, education and employment services will be overstretched. This trend will continue to challenge the cou...
- Old age support in rural China
- F. Cai; J. Giles; P.O. Keefe / World Bank, 2012
- Although average incomes in China have risen dramatically since the 1980s, concerns are increasing that the rural elderly have not benefited from growth to the same extent as younger people and the urban elderly. This book explores th...
- Facing the reduction in elderly coresidence with children in Thailand
- J. Knodel / Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2012
- The number of older persons in Thailand will increase substantially during the coming decades. This paper indicates that future Thai cohorts entering the old age span will have fewer and more dispersed children to depend on while at t...
- A challenge to the international community to do much more on ageing in the development sphere
- HelpAge International, 2012
- With one in nine persons in the world aged 60 years or over, projected to increase to one in five by 2050, population ageing is a phenomenon that can no longer be ignored. It analyses the current situation of older persons and reviews...
- Demographic Dividends, Dependencies and Economic Growth in China and India
- University of Western Australia, 2012
- There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the potential “dividend”, “gift” or “bonus” associated with a country’s demographic transition towards a population dominated by people of working ...
- Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi
- The Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation is Malawi Government's main planning agency responsible for national economic and development planning, and monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic issues in the country. Its main mandate is to provide professional advice and technical support to Government and the public on economic and social policy development and management so as to achi...
- Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Ageing Society (LEPAS)
- The EU member countries will be increasingly populated by older people. Nearly 25 percent of people in the European Union in 2030 can be above age 65, up from about 17 percent in 2005. Europe's old-age dependency ratio (the number of people age 65 and older compared with the number of working-age people ages 15-64) could more than double by 2050, from one in every four to fewer than one in every t...
- The Graying of AIDS
- Resources on HIV/AIDS and the elderly
- Program on the Global Demography of Aging
- Research centre on demographic change and ageing
- World Demographic and Ageing Forum, WDA Forum
- The WDA Forum addresses topics of vital interest to worldwide leaders from the political arena, the business community, non-governmental organisations, and academic circles, as well as the public at large. Its main events are the yearly World Ageing & Generations Congress, which constitutes a global platform for an exchange of opinions and experiences and the development of specific solutions,...
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Organisation collecting data on the people and economy of the United States. Data includes: Population & Housing Census - every 10 years Economic Census - every 5 years American Communtity Survey - annually Other demographic & economic surveys Economic Indicators - each indicator is released on a specific...
- Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
- The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) is a cross-national data archive located in Luxembourg. The LIS archive contains two primary databases. The LIS Database includes income microdata from a large number of countries at multiple points in time. The newer LWS Database includes wealth microdata from a smaller selection of countries. Both databases include labour market and demographic data as wel...
- Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
- Demographic research orgainisation
- Middle East Youth Initiative
- The initiative blends activities in an attempt to bridge the divide between thinkers and practitioners by utilising robust research as a foundation for effective policy and programs. The initiative has three complementary pillars: Research and Policy The initiateive aims to advance understanding of economic and social issues to promote solutions for the in...
- The Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute (ADSRI)
- Demographic research organisation
