Applied Multiregional Demography: Migration and Population Redistribution

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Rogers, Andrei (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Population.; Emigration and immigration.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Population Economics.; Migration.

This book shows the effectiveness of multiregional demography for studying the spatial dynamics of migration and population redistribution. It examines important questions in demographic analysis and shows how the techniques of multiregional analysis can lead to answers that sometimes contradict con...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1: Introduction: What is Multiregional Demography?
• 2: Does Model Specification Matter?
• 3: The Proximate Sources of Regional Elderly Population Growth: Mostly Migration or Mostly Aging-In-Place?
• 4: Origin Dependence: Does Birthplace Specificity in Migration Rates Matter?
• 5: The Foreign-Born and the Native-Born: Are Their Elderly Migration and Settlement Patterns Different?
• 6: Multiregional Population Dynamics and Projections: Do Simple Models Outperform Complex Models?
• 7: When Regions Are Status Categories: Does Longer Life Lead to Longer Ill Health?
• 8: Conclusion.