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Title World population and human capital in the twenty-first century / Wolfgang Lutz, William P. Butz, and Samir K.C
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Contents Introduction / Wolfgang Lutz and William P. Butz -- How education drives demography and knowledge informs projections / Wolfgang Lutz and Vegard Skirbekk -- Future fertility in low fertility countries / Stuart Basten, Tomáš Sobotka, and Kryštof Zeman -- Future fertility in high fertility countries / Regina Fuchs and Anne Goujon -- Future mortality in low mortality countries / Graziella Caselli, Sven Drefahl, Christian Wegner-Siegmundt, and Marc Luy -- Future mortality in high mortality countries / Alessandra Garbero and Elsie Pamuk -- The future of international migration / Nikola Sander, Guy J. Abel, and Fernando Riosmena -- Future education trends / Bilal F. Barakat and Rachel E. Durham -- Data and methods / Samir KC, Michaela Potančoková, Ramon Bauer, Anne Goujon, and Erich Striessnig -- The rise of global human capital and the end of world population growth / Wolfgang Lutz and Samir KC -- Re-measuring twenty-first century population ageing / Sergei Scherbov, Warren C. Sanderson, Samir KC, and Wolfgang Lutz -- Alternative scenarios in the context of sustainable development / Samir KC and Wolfgang Lutz -- Epilogue : with education the future looks different / Wolfgang Lutz -- Appendices
Summary This volume presents a comprehensive set of population projections by age, sex, and level of education for over 170 countries up to the year 2100
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 17, 2017)
Subject Population forecasting.
Educational attainment -- Forecasting
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
Population forecasting
Weltbevölkerung
Wachstum
Prognose
Kulturelles Kapital
Befolkningsprognoser.
Utbildningsnivå.
Genre/Form Statistics
Form Electronic book
Author Lutz, Wolfgang, editor
Butz, William P., editor.
K. C., Samir Kumar, 1973- editor.
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