Abstract
Population ageing is represented by an increase in the relative number of older persons in a population and is associated with an increase in the median age of the population. The age structure of a population is determined by its mortality, fertility, and net migration experience. Although life tables and survivorship rates date from the 17th century, the development of mathematical demography is essentially a 20th-century innovation. The techniques of mathematical demography can be used to show how the age structure of a population changes with alternative transition rates.
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Clark, R.L. (1989). Ageing Populations. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds) Social Economics. The New Palgrave. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19806-1_1
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