For decades, economic policies across the world were built on the assumption that populations would continue to grow, labour forces would expand and ...

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In this paper we examine just one of the many cases of the exponential power of demography at work on the global stage today. This is the manner in which the fate of East Asia stands to be recast in ...

Demography is a slow-moving train, and based on past and current trends, population science can somewhat predict the future.

BACKGROUND The present research evaluates the possibility of spatial heterogeneity in the effects on neighborhood crime rates of both traditional demographic indicators—immigrant concentration, racial ...

DEMOGRAPHY, or the study of births, marriages, and deaths, is the science at the base of politics and economics, and its prime necessity is an accurate census, repeated at regular intervals. The ...

The North State Planning and Development Collective at Chico State has launched a new digital dashboard designed to provide current data for the 12-county region the university serves. Users can find ...

These are challenging times for brand. One challenge cannot be controlled. This is the challenge of demography. This challenge will require brands to leverage strategic dexterity and insightful ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is professor of globalisation and development at Oxford university and the author of ‘Rescue: From ...