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How population change will transform our world / / Sarah Harper
| How population change will transform our world / / Sarah Harper |
| Autore | Harper Sarah |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.98107 |
| Soggetto topico | Population - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-19-108668-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; HOW POPULATION CHANGE WILL TRANSFORM OUR WORLD, SARAH HARPER ; Copyright ; Dedication ; FOREWORD ; What Is Myth and What Is Science?; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; CHAPTER ONE: The Age Narrative ; The changing age composition of the world ; The demographic drivers of change ; Three lives . . . ; The stories of three women born in 1975 ; SAMIRA, NIGER; VARYA, MALAYSIA; LISA, ITALY ; . . . in three regions ; The impact of age-structural change ; Advanced economies ; Emerging economies ; Least developed economies ; Economic and societal consequences
Let's question the assumptions Institutional frameworks ; Producing, consuming, and paying taxes ; The second demographic dividend ; The challenge of increasing longevity ; Longer, healthy lives or just longer lives? ; CHAPTER FOUR: Youth: Peril or Dividend? ; MENA countries ; Unemployment ; Arab Spring or Asian Tiger? ; Youth bulge into demographic dividend ; First there was China, now there is India ; What has happened elsewhere? ; South Korea ; The Tiger Cubs: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand ; Thailand ; Vietnam ; Latin America ; The role of demographic change CHAPTER FIVE: Too Many Children? A continent of child dependents ; Slow fertility transition and fertility stalling ; Children and adolescents: vulnerability ; Adolescents ; Potential for growth held back by dependents ; The role of education and developing human capital ; CHAPTER SIX: Our Future Selves ; Summary ; Addressing the trends through population policy ; The modification of fertility trends ; Pro-natalist policies ; Policies to reduce fertility ; Migration ; Importance of human capital ; A confluence of twenty-first century challenges ; The role of climate change The impact of technological change Integrating demography into understanding ; Twentieth-century institutions, twenty-first century challenges ; AFTERWORD ; I would like many cows ; I want to become a computer scientist ; I want to be a fashion designer ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 ; Appendix 3 ; NOTES AND REFERENCES ; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Afterword; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465347603321 |
Harper Sarah
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How population change will transform our world / / Sarah Harper
| How population change will transform our world / / Sarah Harper |
| Autore | Harper Sarah |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.98107 |
| Soggetto topico | Population - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 0-19-108668-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; HOW POPULATION CHANGE WILL TRANSFORM OUR WORLD, SARAH HARPER ; Copyright ; Dedication ; FOREWORD ; What Is Myth and What Is Science?; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; CHAPTER ONE: The Age Narrative ; The changing age composition of the world ; The demographic drivers of change ; Three lives . . . ; The stories of three women born in 1975 ; SAMIRA, NIGER; VARYA, MALAYSIA; LISA, ITALY ; . . . in three regions ; The impact of age-structural change ; Advanced economies ; Emerging economies ; Least developed economies ; Economic and societal consequences
Let's question the assumptions Institutional frameworks ; Producing, consuming, and paying taxes ; The second demographic dividend ; The challenge of increasing longevity ; Longer, healthy lives or just longer lives? ; CHAPTER FOUR: Youth: Peril or Dividend? ; MENA countries ; Unemployment ; Arab Spring or Asian Tiger? ; Youth bulge into demographic dividend ; First there was China, now there is India ; What has happened elsewhere? ; South Korea ; The Tiger Cubs: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand ; Thailand ; Vietnam ; Latin America ; The role of demographic change CHAPTER FIVE: Too Many Children? A continent of child dependents ; Slow fertility transition and fertility stalling ; Children and adolescents: vulnerability ; Adolescents ; Potential for growth held back by dependents ; The role of education and developing human capital ; CHAPTER SIX: Our Future Selves ; Summary ; Addressing the trends through population policy ; The modification of fertility trends ; Pro-natalist policies ; Policies to reduce fertility ; Migration ; Importance of human capital ; A confluence of twenty-first century challenges ; The role of climate change The impact of technological change Integrating demography into understanding ; Twentieth-century institutions, twenty-first century challenges ; AFTERWORD ; I would like many cows ; I want to become a computer scientist ; I want to be a fashion designer ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 ; Appendix 3 ; NOTES AND REFERENCES ; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Afterword; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798419403321 |
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Harper Sarah
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How population change will transform our world / / Sarah Harper
| How population change will transform our world / / Sarah Harper |
| Autore | Harper Sarah |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.98107 |
| Soggetto topico | Population - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 0-19-108668-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; HOW POPULATION CHANGE WILL TRANSFORM OUR WORLD, SARAH HARPER ; Copyright ; Dedication ; FOREWORD ; What Is Myth and What Is Science?; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; CONTENTS ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; CHAPTER ONE: The Age Narrative ; The changing age composition of the world ; The demographic drivers of change ; Three lives . . . ; The stories of three women born in 1975 ; SAMIRA, NIGER; VARYA, MALAYSIA; LISA, ITALY ; . . . in three regions ; The impact of age-structural change ; Advanced economies ; Emerging economies ; Least developed economies ; Economic and societal consequences
Let's question the assumptions Institutional frameworks ; Producing, consuming, and paying taxes ; The second demographic dividend ; The challenge of increasing longevity ; Longer, healthy lives or just longer lives? ; CHAPTER FOUR: Youth: Peril or Dividend? ; MENA countries ; Unemployment ; Arab Spring or Asian Tiger? ; Youth bulge into demographic dividend ; First there was China, now there is India ; What has happened elsewhere? ; South Korea ; The Tiger Cubs: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand ; Thailand ; Vietnam ; Latin America ; The role of demographic change CHAPTER FIVE: Too Many Children? A continent of child dependents ; Slow fertility transition and fertility stalling ; Children and adolescents: vulnerability ; Adolescents ; Potential for growth held back by dependents ; The role of education and developing human capital ; CHAPTER SIX: Our Future Selves ; Summary ; Addressing the trends through population policy ; The modification of fertility trends ; Pro-natalist policies ; Policies to reduce fertility ; Migration ; Importance of human capital ; A confluence of twenty-first century challenges ; The role of climate change The impact of technological change Integrating demography into understanding ; Twentieth-century institutions, twenty-first century challenges ; AFTERWORD ; I would like many cows ; I want to become a computer scientist ; I want to be a fashion designer ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 ; Appendix 3 ; NOTES AND REFERENCES ; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Afterword; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814961003321 |
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Harper Sarah
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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