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Population Change and Impacts in Asia and the Pacific

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Editors:
  1. Jacques Poot

    1. Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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  2. Matthew Roskruge

    1. School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

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  • Provides essential information on population change and dynamics across the Asia-Pacific region, with a specific focus on sub-regional differences and dynamics
  • Offers new insights into the demographic challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region in terms of migration, ageing and uneven population distribution and growth
  • Considers Asian and Pacific population change from a regional science perspective

Part of the book series: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives (NFRSASIPER, volume 30)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Population Change in the Asia-Pacific Region: Trends, Issues and Models

    • Jacques Poot, Matthew Roskruge
    Pages 1-26

  3. Population Distribution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Pareto’s Law and City Size in China: Diverging Patterns in Land and People

      • John Gibson, Chao Li
      Pages 29-47

    3. City Size Distribution in Colombia and Its Regions, 1835–2005

      • Gerson Javier Pérez-Valbuena, Adolfo Meisel-Roca
      Pages 49-75

    4. Exploring Economic Futures for Japan Under Rapid Depopulation: A Dynamic Regional CGE Model Approach

      • Suminori Tokunaga, Mitsuru Okiyama
      Pages 77-105

    5. Using Spatial Microsimulation to Derive a Base File for a Spatial Decision Support System

      • Robert Tanton, Yogi Vidyattama
      Pages 107-120

  4. Migration and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. The Drivers of Long-Distance Commuting in Chile: The Role of the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities

      • Francisco Rowe, Martin Bell
      Pages 123-149

    3. Can Regionally-Targeted Temporary Visas Be an Effective Policy Instrument? A General Equilibrium Analysis

      • Nhi H. Tran, Elizabeth L. Roos, James A. Giesecke, John R. Madden
      Pages 151-181

    4. Modeling the Dynamics of Circular Migration

      • Natasha T. Duncan, Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf
      Pages 183-200

    5. The Changing Composition and Fortunes of Overseas Graduates in Australia: The Case of Chinese and Indian Graduates

      • Angelina Zhi Rou Tang, Francisco Rowe, Jonathan Corcoran, Alessandra Faggian
      Pages 201-220

    6. Effective Work Experience and Labour Market Impacts of New Zealand Immigration

      • Sholeh A. Maani, Michael M. H. Tse
      Pages 221-246

    7. Migration and Regional Development in Timor-Leste

      • Tomaz Ponce Dentinho, Pedro Damião, Maria da Conceição Rego
      Pages 247-266

  5. Population Age Composition and Impacts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267
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    2. China’s Ageing Population: The Present Situation and Prospects

      • Guoping Mao, Fuzhong Lu, Xuchun Fan, Debiao Wu
      Pages 269-287

    3. Population Aging in India: Facts, Issues, and Options

      • Arunika Agarwal, Alyssa Lubet, Elizabeth Mitgang, Sanjay Mohanty, David E. Bloom
      Pages 289-311

    4. The Child Deficit and the Changing Value of Children in Asia

      • Philip S. Morrison
      Pages 313-339

    5. Situational Stressors Among Caregivers of Older Persons in Thailand

      • Amara Soonthorndhada, Denis Akankunda Bwesigye, Jeerawan Hongthong, Wannee Hutaphat
      Pages 341-358
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Keywords

About this book

This volume brings together a range of contributions that provide contemporary regional science perspectives on population change and its socio-economic consequences in the Asia-Pacific region. This region accounts for close to two-thirds of the world’s population and is highly diverse in terms of key demographic indicators such as population size, growth, composition and distribution. The authors provide quantitative assessments, either descriptively or by means of modelling, of important demographic issues affecting this part of the world.


The topics addressed include: broad demographic trends across the Asia-Pacific region and its sub-regions; assessment of population decline, urbanization and spatial distribution using cases from China, Colombia, Japan and Australia; migration and economic impacts in Australasia, Chile and Timor Leste; and the impacts of declining or low fertility and population ageing in China, India, Thailand, and across Asia.


Given its scope, the book will appeal to all readers seeking to understand population change and impacts across the Asia-Pacific region, with a specific focus on sub-regional differences and dynamics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Jacques Poot

  • School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

    Matthew Roskruge

About the editors

Jacques Poot is the Emeritus Professor of Population Economics at the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), University of Waikato, New Zealand; and a Visiting Professor at the Department of Spatial Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His research interests include all aspects of the economics of population (such as migration, fertility, labour force, and ageing). Over the last two decades he has led several large-scale multi-institution research programmes in New Zealand and Europe on population diversity, migration impact assessment, immigrant integration, and regional population change and its socio-economic consequences.



Matthew Roskruge (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tama) is a senior lecturer in economics at Massey University and co-director of Te Au Rangahau Māori business research centre. Dr Roskruge specialises in applied econometrics, mixed-methods and kaupapa Māori research with a passion for social capital, population economics, public economics and the Māori economy. His research is supported by a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship alongside grants from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Health Research Council and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, with whom he is collaborating to invigorate Māori economics and inspire new Māori economists.

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