Population, Resources and Development: Riding the Age Waves - Volume 1

Preface. Acknowledgements. The Authors. Introduction. 1: Age Structural Transitions, Population Waves, and 'Political Arithmetick', Ian Pool, Vipan Prachuabmoh, Shripad Tuljapurkar. Part I: Issues and Patterns. 2: Age-Structural Transitions and Policy: Frameworks, Ian Pool. 3: Human Capital Aspects of Economic Development: A Comparative Perspective in Asia, Gavin Jones. 4: A Comparative History of Age-Structure and Social Transitions among Asian Youth, Peter Xenos, Midea Kabamalan. Part II: Policy Analysis, Models and Methods. 5: A Formal Model of Age-Structural Transitions, Nan Li, Shripad Tuljapurkar. 6: Projecting Numbers of Living Children of Old People with an Example from Thailand, John Bryant. 7: Toward a Concept of Population Balance Considering Age-Structure, Human Capital, and Intergenerational Equity, Wolfgang Lutz, Warren Sanderson. 8: Structural and Policy Consequences of Mortality and Fertility Decline, Shripad Tuljapurkar. Part III: Country-Specific Transitions and Challenges. 9: Policy Implications for Old-Age Economic Support of Changes in Thailand's Age Structure: A New Challenge, Napaporn Chayovan. 10: Changing Family Structure in Turkey, 1968-1998, Turgay Ünalan. 11: The 'Youth Bulge' and Agriculture in the Philippines, Peter Urich, Socorro Gultiano. 12: Singapore's Changing Age Structure: Issues and Policy Implications for the Family and State, Angelique Chan. Index.