Population ageing and demographic dividends: The time to act is now / Andrew Mason.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Mason, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population and Demography.

Local Subjects:

Population and Demography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (10 pages)

Contained In:

Asia-Pacific Population Journal Vol. 21, no. 3, p. 7-16 21:3<7 15644278

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Every country in the Asian and Pacific region is in the midst of a demographic transition that is producing large changes in age structure with important implications for economic growth and standards of living. In the early stages of the transition, high fertility and declining infant and child mortality produce a bulge in the population at young ages. The middle of the transition is marked by an increase in the share of the population concentrated at the working ages as large cohorts of children reach adulthood and as the relative number of children are depressed by fertility decline. At the end of the transition, the share of the older population increases. In part, this is a consequence of continued reductions in mortality rates, but of greater consequence are the low fertility rates that characterize the final stages of the demographic transition.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.