now it is time for a lecture on population issues!
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Now it is time for a lecture on population issues!. YAY!. I hope it isn’t on aging population!. (please don’t let it be on aging population…). What is Globalization?. Weakening of the nation-state and strengthening of transnational political processes Emergence of a global economic market - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Now it is time for a lecture Now it is time for a lecture on population issues!on population issues!
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YAY!YAY!
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I hope it isn’t on aging I hope it isn’t on aging population!population!
(please don’t let it be on (please don’t let it be on aging population…)aging population…)
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What is Globalization?What is Globalization?
Weakening of the Weakening of the nation-state and nation-state and strengthening of strengthening of transnational transnational political processespolitical processes
Emergence of a Emergence of a global economic global economic marketmarket
Emergence of a Emergence of a world-spanning world-spanning global cultureglobal culture
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Anything but aging Anything but aging population!population!
(fingers crossed…)(fingers crossed…)
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Aging Aging Population: How Population: How
it Worksit Works
Statistically speaking, Statistically speaking, an aging population is an aging population is caused by an caused by an unbalanced increase in unbalanced increase in the mean and median the mean and median age of a populationage of a population
Demographers use the Demographers use the Population Pyramid to Population Pyramid to illustrate thisillustrate this
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Aging Population: CausesAging Population: Causes
Lower fertility rate Lower fertility rate (the average births (the average births per woman in a per woman in a nation)nation)
(at least 2.1 births (at least 2.1 births per woman is per woman is required for a required for a balanced balanced population)population)
Higher life Higher life expectancyexpectancy
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Aging Aging Population: Population:
ConsequencesConsequences
High dependence rationHigh dependence ration Lower rates of Lower rates of
consumerismconsumerism High welfare costsHigh welfare costs Later retirement ageLater retirement age Lack of manpowerLack of manpower
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Where is it Where is it happening?happening?
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Where is it (not) happening?Where is it (not) happening?
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So what is the opposite of So what is the opposite of an aging population?an aging population?
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What is called the What is called the “Youth Bulge”“Youth Bulge”
(ugh… gross!)(ugh… gross!)
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Youth Bulge: Youth Bulge: How it WorksHow it Works
The Youth Bulge is created The Youth Bulge is created by an unblancing decrease by an unblancing decrease in the mean age of a nationin the mean age of a nation
This is accompanied by an This is accompanied by an only marginal increase in only marginal increase in the median age of a nationthe median age of a nation
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Youth Bulge: Youth Bulge: CausesCauses
A short-lived explosion of A short-lived explosion of the fertility rate in a nationthe fertility rate in a nation
A marginal increase in life A marginal increase in life expectancyexpectancy
Population MomentumPopulation Momentum Societal factorsSocietal factors
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Youth Bulge: Youth Bulge: ConsequencesConsequences
Scarcity and Scarcity and competitioncompetition
Lack of legacyLack of legacy Low dependency ratioLow dependency ratio Internal migrationInternal migration Poverty and inequalityPoverty and inequality International/International/
transnational migrationtransnational migration
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Youth Bulge: Youth Bulge: BenefitsBenefits
Demographic BonusDemographic Bonus• Labor effectLabor effect• Savings effectSavings effect
Functional migrationFunctional migration
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Youth Bulge: Youth Bulge: DrawbacksDrawbacks
Domestic political Domestic political instabilityinstability
International/International/transnational transnational political political contagioncontagion
Dysfunctional Dysfunctional migrationmigration
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Past Past Youth Youth Bulges Bulges
in in HistoryHistory
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Past Youth Bulges in HistoryPast Youth Bulges in History
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Past Youth Bulges in Past Youth Bulges in HistoryHistory
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Present Present Youth Youth BulgesBulges
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Present Present Youth Youth BulgesBulges
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Future Youth Future Youth BulgesBulges
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Future Youth Future Youth BulgesBulges
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Consequences Consequences for the Nationfor the Nation
Positive Positive consequences:consequences:
Offers a window of Offers a window of opportunity for a opportunity for a demographic bonus demographic bonus from labor and from labor and savingssavings
Healthy migration Healthy migration can lead to can lead to remittances and remittances and workers returning workers returning home with new skillshome with new skills
Negative Negative consequences:consequences:
Rapid urbanization Rapid urbanization and migration can and migration can stretch a nation’s stretch a nation’s resources and slow resources and slow the economythe economy
This leads to poverty This leads to poverty and inequalityand inequality
Which leads to Which leads to political conflict an political conflict an instabilityinstability
Which pushes out Which pushes out foreign investment foreign investment an slows the an slows the economyeconomy
And so on…And so on…
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Consequences Consequences for the Worldfor the World
Positive consequences:Positive consequences: Economic cure for Economic cure for
aging populationsaging populations
Negative Negative consequences:consequences:
Contagion of political Contagion of political conflictconflict
Clash of civilizations Clash of civilizations from migrationfrom migration
Refugee floodsRefugee floods
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So What are So What are the Solutions?the Solutions?
Create jobsCreate jobs Encourage family planning Encourage family planning
and reduce fertility rateand reduce fertility rate Education and/or jobs for Education and/or jobs for
womenwomen Reduce infant mortality Reduce infant mortality
raterate Democratization and/or Democratization and/or
representationrepresentation Open economies for more Open economies for more
labor intensive jobslabor intensive jobs Permit migration without Permit migration without
backlashes against migrant backlashes against migrant workersworkers
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So What are the So What are the Consequences for Consequences for
Singapore?Singapore?
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Sit back and Enjoy the Sit back and Enjoy the Video!Video!