Population under Harsh Time - Demographic Response to Short-term Fluctuation and Crisis in the Modern Economy
(2009)Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- A considerable number of studies on historical and some third world populations have reached a magnificent consensus that both mortality and fertility do respond to economic changes in a surprisingly shared pattern. Such response, however, remains a great deal of controversy, obscure and inconsistency in the secular industrialized countries. The aim of this paper is to explore the association between economic changes and demographic responses in the contemporary modern economy. While there is widespread interest in this subject with particular focus on short-term fluctuations, I further study the impact of severe economic crises, measured by real GDP per capita and unemployment rate, on mortality and fertility in two advanced industrial... (More)
- A considerable number of studies on historical and some third world populations have reached a magnificent consensus that both mortality and fertility do respond to economic changes in a surprisingly shared pattern. Such response, however, remains a great deal of controversy, obscure and inconsistency in the secular industrialized countries. The aim of this paper is to explore the association between economic changes and demographic responses in the contemporary modern economy. While there is widespread interest in this subject with particular focus on short-term fluctuations, I further study the impact of severe economic crises, measured by real GDP per capita and unemployment rate, on mortality and fertility in two advanced industrial nations: Sweden 1970-2007 and Japan 1971-2006. Statistical results indicate that the magnitude of such impact on population have been largely mitigated in contrast to the past and not necessarily lethal. There is certain inconsistency across the two countries, and therefore few shared patterns being generalized. (Less)
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- author
- Qi, Haodong
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2009
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Economic fluctuations; Economic crisis; Fertility; Mortality; Demographic response; Sweden; Japan, Social and economic history, Ekonomisk och social historia
- language
- English
- id
- 1436850
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- 2009-06-03 00:00:00
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abstract = {{A considerable number of studies on historical and some third world populations have reached a magnificent consensus that both mortality and fertility do respond to economic changes in a surprisingly shared pattern. Such response, however, remains a great deal of controversy, obscure and inconsistency in the secular industrialized countries. The aim of this paper is to explore the association between economic changes and demographic responses in the contemporary modern economy. While there is widespread interest in this subject with particular focus on short-term fluctuations, I further study the impact of severe economic crises, measured by real GDP per capita and unemployment rate, on mortality and fertility in two advanced industrial nations: Sweden 1970-2007 and Japan 1971-2006. Statistical results indicate that the magnitude of such impact on population have been largely mitigated in contrast to the past and not necessarily lethal. There is certain inconsistency across the two countries, and therefore few shared patterns being generalized.}},
author = {{Qi, Haodong}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Population under Harsh Time - Demographic Response to Short-term Fluctuation and Crisis in the Modern Economy}},
year = {{2009}},
}