Demographic Transition, Labour Markets and Regional Resilience
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
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Cristina Martinez Tamara Weyman Jouke van Dijk Editors
Demographic Transition, Labour Markets and Regional Resilience
Advances in Spatial Science The Regional Science Series
Series editors Manfred M. Fischer Jean-Claude Thill Jouke van Dijk Hans Westlund Advisory editors Geoffrey J.D. Hewings Peter Nijkamp Folke Snickars
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Cristina Martinez • Tamara Weyman • Jouke van Dijk Editors
Demographic Transition, Labour Markets and Regional Resilience
Editors Cristina Martinez School of Social Sciences and Psychology Western Sydney University Penrith, New South Wales Australia
Tamara Weyman Western Sydney University Penrith, New South Wales Australia
Jouke van Dijk Faculty of Spatial Sciences University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands Waddenacademie Leeuwarden The Netherlands
ISSN 1430-9602 ISSN 2197-9375 (electronic) Advances in Spatial Science ISBN 978-3-319-63196-7 ISBN 978-3-319-63197-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-63197-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017955843 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
Demographic transitions, the subject of this book, have been reshaping our economies, societies, politics and international relations for over two centuries. The planet saw its population explode from 1 billion in the year 1800 to over 7 billion today, as mortality rates fell sharply thanks to improved hygiene, nutrition and economic development. In more recent times, declining fertility rates have been dragging down world population growth and, together with increasing life expectancy, re
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