World Population & Human Capital In The Twenty-first Century
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Condensed Into A Detailed Analysis And A Selection Of Continent-wide Datasets, This Revised Edition Of World Population & Human Capital In The Twenty-first Century Addresses The Role Of Educational Attainment In Global Population Trends And Models. Presenting The Full Chapter Text Of The Original Edition Alongside A Concise Selection Of Data, It Summarizes Past Trends In Fertility, Mortality, Migration, And Education, And Examines Relevant Theories To Identify Key Determining Factors. Deriving From A Global Survey Of Hundreds Of Experts And Five Expert Meetings On As Many Continents, World Population & Human Capital In The Twenty-first Century: An Overview Emphasizes Alternative Trends In Human Capital, New Ways Of Studying Ageing And The Quantification Of Alternative Population, And Education Pathways In The Context Of Global Sustainable Development. It Is An Ideal Companion To The County Specific Online Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer.
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THE THESIS
How does the integration of educational attainment into demographic modeling alter our understanding of global population trends and sustainable development in the twenty-first century? The authors, led by Wolfgang Lutz and colleagues from the Wittgenstein Centre, utilize extensive expert surveys and multi-continental data to argue that human capital—specifically education—is a primary driver of fertility, mortality, and migration patterns. By shifting the focus from simple age-sex structures to education-specific population projections, the text provides a framework for anticipating future societal shifts.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Longitudinal analysis of fertility, mortality, and migration trends.
- Methodologies for quantifying human capital and educational attainment.
- Projections for global population development based on alternative education pathways.
- Integration of expert consensus from five continents.
Scope Limits
- The text does not provide exhaustive country-specific data, which is instead hosted on the companion Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer.
- It does not cover short-term political fluctuations that may disrupt long-term demographic trends.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a foundational text for demographers and policy analysts interested in the intersection of education and population dynamics. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the rigor of the statistical modeling presented throughout the chapters.
Page Count:
680
Publication Date:
2017-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0192542834
ISBN-13:
9780192542830
Economics
Statistics
Education
Sociology
Demography
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