LOOKING TOWARDS 2030: A NEW WORLD COMING INTO FOCUS

  1. Nicholas N. Eberstadt*

Article first published online: 2 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2011.02123.x

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Economic Affairs

Economic Affairs

Volume 32, Issue 1, pages 17–25, February 2012

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Eberstadt, N. N. (2012), LOOKING TOWARDS 2030: A NEW WORLD COMING INTO FOCUS. Economic Affairs, 32: 17–25. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2011.02123.x

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  1. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

*Nicholas Eberstadt is the Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (eberstadt@aei.org).

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  1. Issue published online: 2 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 2 FEB 2012

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Keywords:

  • demographic change;
  • economic growth;
  • fertility;
  • life expectancy;
  • world population

This article examines global demographic trends to 2030, with a particular focus on projections for the world's major economies. All else held constant, ageing populations imply slower rates of economic development for Western Societies. However, a number of policy options are available to counteract the impact of demographic change.

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