Subject description
I. Demographic analysis
1. Longitudinal and cross-section analysis
2. Demographic processes: nuptiality, fertility, mortality and migration
3. Population growth and generations replacement
4. Population projections
5. General population development
6. Population policy and population economics
7. Population policy-relevant Principles of New Economy
II. Demographic models
8. Population dynamics models
9. Economic demographic models
10. Other demographic models
11. Demographic pressure on sustainability of the pension and health system in the future.
12. The use of demographic software
The subject is taught in programs
Objectives and competences
The main goal is to introduce a student into theoretical and analytical knowledge about demographic analysis and models. The focus will be on the development of the demography in the last decades.
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures and seminary discussions of student’s research papers.
Expected study results
Knowledge and understanding: The main knowledge and understanding will cover general population development, empirical demographic methods and demographic models. Slovenia and Europe will be in the center of study.
Basic sources and literature
I. Obvezni:
1. J. Malačič: Demografija. Teorija, analiza, metode in modeli, 6. izdaja, EF, Ljubljana 2006.
2. A. Hinde: Demographic Methods. Arnold, London 1998.
3. Izbrani članki iz domačih in tujih strokovnih revij.
II. Neobvezni:
4. A. Wertheimer – Baletić: Stanovništvo i razvoj, MATE, Zagreb 1999.
5. A. Prskawetz, D.E. Bloom, W. Lutz, eds., Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation and Productivity Growth. A Supplement to Vol. 34 (2008) Population and Development Review, Population Council, New York.
6. R. Lee and A. Mason: Population Aging and the Generational Economy. A Global Perspective, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, 2011
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