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Population Policy Models

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This chapter provides an overview of population policy models and their use. After an initial discussion of the broad types of models used in the social sciences, the process of developing and using models is outlined, as well as the limitations of models. Several models are presented to illustrate the range of population models used by researchers and policymakers. These include models that project fertility, models that show the inter-relationship between population and development, and models that estimate the impacts of demographic change on economic and other social trends.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    See https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol33/19/33-19.pdf, accessed on January 5, 2022.

  2. 2.

    See also Chapter 19: Policies Needed to Capture Demographic Dividends of this Handbook (Turbat, 2022).

  3. 3.

    The dynamic version of GLOBE used here is based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex. The model consists of a set of individual country or region models that provide complete coverage of the global economy and are linked through international trade in a multi-region model system. Outputs for the country of interest are used in the model.

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Moreland, R.S. (2022). Population Policy Models. In: May, J.F., Goldstone, J.A. (eds) International Handbook of Population Policies. International Handbooks of Population, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-02040-7_22

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