"The ability to project population trends is of vital importance for anyone involved in planning - in the public as well as the private sector. This book provides the tools for making such projections and discusses four principal approaches: mathematical extrapolation, comparati…
"Primarily written for courses in planning, this book is also useful for anyone having to make decisions affected by population trends, whether they involve planning for future growth or alerting local decisionmakers to external uncertainties that could have a serious impact on …
The ability to project population trends is of vital importance for anyone involved in planning - in the public as well as the private sector. This book provides the tools for making such projections and discusses four principal approaches: mathematical extrapolation, comparativ…
The ability to project population trends is of vital importance for anyone involved in planning - in the public as well as the private sector. This book provides the tools for making such projections and discusses four principal approaches: mathematical extrapolation, comparativ…
Uncertain Demographics and Fiscal Sustainability addresses the economic consequences of uncertainty in demographic forecasting.
Uncertain demographics and fiscal sustainability
Uncertain Demographics and Fiscal Sustainability
There is widespread acceptance that much of the developed world faces a potential pensions and welfare crisis as a result of declining birth rates and an ageing population. However, there is considerable uncertainty about the specifics of demographic forecasting and this has sig…