10.4225/03/590bd2c7750e3
Jackson, Natalie
Natalie
Jackson
Population ageing in a nutshell: phenomenon in your dimensions
Monash University
2017
Australia
monash:64114
Population growth
journal article
1959.1/481948
1039-4788
Population ageing
2017-05-05 01:17:57
Journal contribution
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Population_ageing_in_a_nutshell_phenomenon_in_your_dimensions/4975379
Growing awareness of the issue of population ageing is not necessarily correlated with growing understanding of the phenomenon. A recent rise in Australia’s birth rate, for example, has generated speculation in some quarters that Australia’s population ageing ‘problem’ may have been resolved. To understand why this is not so it is necessary to understand that the phenomenon has four ‘technical’ dimensions: numerical ageing, structural ageing, natural decline, and absolute decline. This paper provides a potted outline of the nature, causes and implications of these dimensions.
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