This blog post quantifies impact of demographic shifts and finds that they lowered unemployment rate by approximately 0.4 percentage points over past 30 years. Read more here.

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In 1986, two Dutch researchers advanced a provocative hypothesis: many societies were undergoing a “Second Demographic Transition” that would lead to durably low birth rates and high degrees of ...

Demographic Research, Vol. 44 (JANUARY - JUNE 2021), pp. 1115-1132 (20 pages) BACKGROUND The second demographic transition (SDT), which links ideational changes with demographic developments, is one ...

India's total fertility rate has dropped from 3.5 in 2000 to 1.9 today, amid improved education, female literacy, access to ...

India’s population may peak at 1.8–1.9 billion by 2080, says Anil Chandran of IASP, citing falling fertility rates and rising education levels.

Demographic Research, Vol. 33 (JULY - DECEMBER 2015), pp. 1297-1332 (38 pages) BACKGROUND Several theories compete to explain the main drivers of urbanisation, past and present, in relation to both ...

Kolkata, India's population is expected to stabilise by 2080 at 1.8 or 1.9 billion due to dipping total fertility rate, which is currently below the replacement level at 1.9, an official said. India ...