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Demographic Dividend, 2001–2011

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This chapter quantifies the contribution of demographic transition to the economic growth in India and in its constituent states/Union Territories during 2001–2011 in terms of the transition in the child support ratio, ageing index and the proportion of the old population as the three determine the ratio of the working age population to the total population. The analysis suggests that the demographic dividend resulting from age structure transition contributed only marginally to economic growth that India and its constituent states/Union Territories have witnessed during 2001–2011. Moreover, demographic dividend varied widely across states/Union Territories and reversed in one state.

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Chaurasia, A. (2020). Demographic Dividend, 2001–2011. In: Population and Sustainable Development in India. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9212-3_7

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