Course description
The course covers the basics of analysis and forecasting applied to the issue of population dynamics within a country. The students will learn about the main demographic processes (fertility, mortality, migration), including their indicators, factors influencing their dynamics, as well as gender differences. The students will also learn in details about the ageing process that is a part of a global long-term process of population changes that influences all parts of the society, including the economy. The students will discuss in details modern state of demography in Russia and forecasts of its development. After the course the students will understand the prospects of demographic processes development in Russia in comparison with developed European countries.
Literature
- Safarova G. L., Kozlov L. V. Demographic analysis of mortality and life expectancy of the elderly population of St. Petersburg. St. Peteresburg, Nauka, 2014. (In Russian).
- Preston S. H., Heuvelline P., Guillot M. Demography. Measuring and Modeling Population Processes. Blackwell Publishers, 2001.