The Setting: Demographic Trends and Economic Development in Germany and Two Selected Regions

2011 ◽  
pp. 11-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Kühntopf ◽  
Thusnelda Tivig ◽  
Robert Stelter
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Demographic Trends

scholarly journals The ageing of society in the context of dominant assumptions of contemporary economics and culture

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
Michał A. Michalski
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Neoclassical Economics ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Socio Economic Development

Current demographic trends indicate that the process of ageing is more and more advanced in Western societies. While the available literature addressing this issue concentrates most often on developing effective tools for socio-economic policy, this paper aims at exploring the dominating assumptions of economics and culture to find how they may influence the demographic process that was mentioned. The purpose of the analysis undertaken here is to verify the thesis which claims that basic anthropological assumptions present in neoclassical economics and modern culture somehow ignore or underestimate such essential aspects of human life as old age and the helplessness or weakness connected with it. The conclusions of the paper indicate that there is a need for intergenerational balance within society, which, e.g., facilitates socio-economic development. Some of the most important factors influencing this may or may not be present within the economic theory and culture it is based on. It means that without the adequate vision of man and the phases of human life, the process of building a mentally healthy and vibrant society where everyone has his or her place is hardly possible.

scholarly journals Demographic changes in Polish cities in the years 1950-2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (44) ◽  
pp. 103-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Szymańska ◽  
Mirosław Wylon
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Graphic Representation ◽  
Demographic Changes ◽  
Demographic Development ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Development Stages ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Trajectory Method ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Big Cities

AbstractThe study presents the demographic development of big cities (≥100,000 inhabitants within the city’s administrative borders) in Poland from 1950 to 2016. The article demonstrates the similarities and differences in these cities’ demographic development, showing demographic trends in Poland’s various periods of socio-economic development using the graphical trajectory method. The presented study on demographic development of Polish cities uses trajectories, showing them to be an additional useful tool in analyses of demographic development of cities, regions and other territorial units. It was indicated that this simple graphic representation opens new interpretative possibilities; it demonstrates development stages, shows both the process nature (demographic development of cities in this case), and whether this process is progressive or regressive in nature. The trajectory method allows us to read the dynamics of changes in a particular process (in the distances between successive trajectory points).

Demographic brakes of the economy

2018 ◽  
pp. 48-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Vishnevsky ◽  
E. M. Scherbakova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Deterrent Effect ◽  
Demographic Changes ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Demographic Evolution

The article examines the features of the newest stage of the demographic evolution of Russia against the backdrop of other countries at similar stages of the demographic transition. It is shown that until recently long-term demographic trends favored Russia’s economic development, but now the country is entering a long period of unfavorable demographic changes for its economy. The cessation of growth of the Russian population, the reduction in the working-age population and its aging, and the increase in the dependency ratio will have a deterrent effect on economic development and at the same time make it more difficult to solve social problems. In particular, these factors will create greater problems for the pension system for people older than working age. The issue of using the migration resource to mitigate the negative consequences of demographic changes is discussed.

Grandparenting in developing South East Asia: comparative perspectives from Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam

2018 ◽  
pp. 65-88
Author(s):  
John Knodel ◽  
Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
National Level ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Fertility Trends ◽  
Grandparental Childcare ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
And Migration

This chapter examines the critical roles played by demographic trends and development levels in explaining cross-country variations in grandparental care in Southeast Asia. Based on analyses of recent national-level surveys of older persons in Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, we examine the extent and circumstances of grandparenting and their consequences from the perspective of grandparents. Results indicate that substantial proportions of older persons live in households with coresident grandchildren and commonly provide grandparental childcare. Although skip-generation households remain uncommon in all three countries, in accordance with development levels they are by far most common in Thailand and least in Myanmar. Differences in economic development and fertility trends account for much of the observed differences in grandparental care by affecting grandchildren availability and migration of adult children. The chapter concludes by discussing the implications of changing grandparenting patterns for the renegotiation and reinterpretation of the intergenerational contract in the coming decades..

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