Population Projections
Continuing education
This 2-day course introduces the basic elements of population projections. Predicting the future population is one of the most frequently requested outputs from clients:Governments on future for roads, schools, medical personnel, tax policies, etc.;Businesses: future market size;Demography: to…
Comparing Populations
Continuing education
In this 2-day course, we'll learn skills that help demographers, policymakers, and health and social researchers measure differences between populations, and techniques that allow valid comparisons to be made across populations with differing compositions.Populations can be compared in many ways,…
The implications of demographic change for future employment in Australia
Seminar
In this presentation, the implications of demographic change for future employment in Australia is explored. Australia is a country that has experienced considerable demographic change since 1981: population nearly doubled from 15 million to 26 million, male life expectancy at birth increased by 10…
Educational Inequalities in Life Expectancy and Disabled Life Expectancy in the U.S.: An Intersectional Cohort Analysis
Seminar
Substantial disparities in longevity and disability exist between race, sex, and educational groups in the US. However, little research to date has taken an intersectional approach to simultaneously consider inequalities at the intersection of race, sex, and education. We also know little about how…
Intersectionality in the Impact of Parenthood among Immigrants in High-Income Countries: Unmet Migration Expectations among Highly Educated Women and Less-Educated Men
Seminar
Today, most highly educated immigrants to Europe are women. Many of them are in their childbearing years and have children after arrival. However, in contrast to their male partners, they often struggle to align their professional aspirations with traditional expectations of their parental role…
Projecting Midwifery Workforce Demand in the ACT Using a Microsimulation Model
Seminar
The National Centre for Health Workforce Studies (NCHWS) is a new group within the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, the College of Law, Governance and Policy. We Marco and Tomoko will first briefly describe the mission of the NCHWS, who we are, and our approach to our work.…
Philippine Demographic Transitions and the Emerging Challenge of Population Ageing
Seminar
This presentation consists of two parts. The first part provides an overview of the Philippines’ demographic transitions, tracing historical trends in fertility, mortality, and migration. The second part focuses on the emerging issue of population ageing, drawing on findings from the Longitudinal…