This book discusses the question of how a regional economy can develop under the influence of an ageing and declining population, and how regional development policies can help make labor markets more resilient and more inclusive. As the greatest impacts of demographic change and policy and...

Population sizes, birth and death rates / Piyu Yue -- Changing age structure of the Muslim population / Piyu Yue -- Rapid urbanization and its problems / Piyu Yue -- Population quality : illiteracy and education / Piyu Yue -- The Islamic empires / Piyu Yue -- Colonization and Islamic...

Population aging is the 21st century's dominant demographic phenomenon. Declining fertility, increasing longevity, and the progression of large-sized cohorts to the older ages are causing elder shares to rise throughout the world. The phenomenon of population aging, which is unprecedented in...