World Population and Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century
World Population and Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century This book addresses systematically and quantitatively the role of educational attainment in global population trends and models. These…
Specifikacia World Population and Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century
World Population and Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century
This book addresses systematically and quantitatively the role of educational attainment in global population trends and models. These assumptions derive from a global survey of hundreds of experts and five expert meetings on as many continents. Six background chapters summarize past trends in fertility, mortality, migration, and education; examine relevant theories and identify key determining factors; and set the assumptions that are subsequently translated into alternative scenario projections to 2100.
The book's final chapters analyse the results, emphasizing 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. Another chapter details their translation into multi-dimensional projections by age, sex, and level of education. An appendix and associated