World Population & Human Capital in the Twenty-first Century: An Overview

Lutz, W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7975-8145, Butz, W.P., & K.C., S. (2017). World Population & Human Capital in the Twenty-first Century: An Overview. UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198813422

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Abstract

This book addresses systematically and quantitatively the role of educational attainment in global population trends and models. Seven 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. These assumptions derive from a global survey of hundreds of experts and five expert meetings on as many continents. Another chapter details their translation into multi-dimensional projections by age, sex, and level of education. 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. An appendix and associated web link present detailed results for all countries. The book shows that adding education to age and sex substantially alters the way we see the future.

Item Type: Book
Research Programs: World Population (POP)
Depositing User: Luke Kirwan
Date Deposited: 01 Mar 2018 10:17
Last Modified: 05 Aug 2023 05:01
URI: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/15149

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