From demographic dividend to demographic burden ? regional trends of population aging in Russia (English)

Do regions with higher working age populations grow faster? This paper examines this question using data from Russian regions and finds evidence that demographic trends influence regional growth convergence. In other words, keeping other factors constant, poorer regions grow faster than richer regions, and some of the growth convergence is explained by demographic changes: faster growth in poor regions in the past was related in part to more favorable...

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Matytsin,Mikhail;

Moorty,Lalita M.;

Richter,Kaspar;
Document Date
2015/11/23
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7501
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Russian Federation,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2015/11/23
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
From demographic dividend to demographic burden ? regional trends of population aging in Russia
Keywords
Poverty and Equity

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Matytsin,Mikhail; Moorty,Lalita M.; Richter,Kaspar.

From demographic dividend to demographic burden ? regional trends of population aging in Russia (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7501 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/991581468194999764

From demographic dividend to demographic burden ? regional trends of population aging in Russia (English)

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