From Demographic Dividend to Demographic Burden? : Regional Trends of Population Aging in Russia

Do regions with higher working age populations grow faster? This paper examines this question using data from Russian regions and finds evidence that demographic trends influence regional growth convergence. In other words, keeping other factors co...

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Main Authors: Matytsin, Mikhail, Moorty, Lalita, Richter, Kaspar
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
AGE
SEX
MEN
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25485357/demographic-dividend-demographic-burden-regional-trends-population-aging-russia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23465