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Demographic economics or population economics is the application of economic analysis to demography, the study of human populations, including size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics.
Demographic economic problems (1 C, 20 P) R. Retirement (5 C, 46 P) W. Welfare state (8 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Demographic economics" The following 57 pages are ...
The Demography of the World Population from 1950 to 2100. Data source: United Nations — World Population Prospects 2017. Demography (from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) 'people, society' and -γραφία (-graphía) 'writing, drawing, description') [1] is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the ...
Demographic dividend, as defined by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is "the economic growth potential that can result from shifts in a population’s age structure, mainly when the share of the working-age population (15 to 64) is larger than the non-working-age share of the population (14 and younger, and 65 and older)". [1]
A number of ancient writers have reflected on the issue of population. At about 300 BC, the Indian political philosopher Chanakya (c. 350-283 BC) considered population a source of political, economic, and military strength. Though a given region can house too many or too few people, he considered the latter possibility to be the greater evil.
Population momentum is a consequence of the demographic transition.Population momentum explains why a population will continue to grow even if the fertility rate declines or continues to decline even if the fertility rate grows.
In demography, demographic transition is a phenomenon and theory in the social sciences referring to the historical shift from high birth rates and high death rates to low birth rates and low death rates as societies attain more technology, education (especially of women), and economic development. [1]
Demographic economics – application of economic analysis to demography, the study of human populations, including size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics. Development economics – branch of economics that deals with economic aspects of the development process in low- and middle- income countries