The Frontiers of Applied Demography
This book details cutting-edge methods and findings that may shape the future of applied demography. Inside, readers will discover new insights into the databases, substantive issues, and methodological approaches that can help them to improve how they us
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David A. Swanson Editor
The Frontiers of Applied Demography
Applied Demography Series Volume 9
Series Editor David A. Swanson
The field of applied demography is largely driven by the quest for the knowledge required by clients, both in public and private sectors, to make good decisions within time and costs constraints. The book series, Applied Demography, provides a forum for illustrating and discussing the use of demographic methods, concepts, and perspectives in a wide range of settings—business, government, education, law, and public policy—as well as the influence of these settings on demographic methods, concepts, and perspectives. The books within the series can be used as resources for practitioners and as materials serving as case studies for pedagogical uses.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8838
David A. Swanson Editor
The Frontiers of Applied Demography
Editor David A. Swanson Department of Sociology University of California Riverside Riverside, CA, USA
ISSN 2352-376X ISSN 2352-3778 (electronic) Applied Demography Series ISBN 978-3-319-43327-1 ISBN 978-3-319-43329-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43329-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016957789 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 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. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Foreword
Applied demography encompasses a diverse set of endeavors that draw on demographers’ specialized knowledge, technical skills, and extensive familiarity with relevant data sources. These proficiencies have enabled demographers to address an ever-wider array of business and public sector concerns. The 23 chapters ahead demonstrate the expanding scope and advancing frontiers of endeavor by applied demographers worldwide. Applied demography is driven by practical problems; it is not a theory-directed body of k
