Demographic Transition in Andhra Pradesh : Dividend or Burden?

Motkuri, Venkatanarayana (2012): Demographic Transition in Andhra Pradesh : Dividend or Burden?

Abstract

While most of the developed countries moved out of dividend phase and entered into aging burden phase, the developing countries are now witnessing demographic dividend phase. India is one of the countries that are experiencing bulging youth (15-34) and thereby working age (15-59) population termed as demographic dividend given its economic advantages. Within the country, Andhra Pradesh is one of those states that are having the similar experience of bulging working age population. In this context present paper aims to examine the demographic transition and its impact in terms of dividend or burden to the society and economy of Andhra Pradesh.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Demographic Dividend, Andhra Pradesh, Old age burden, Skilled Labour
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J00 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General > J01 - Labor Economics: General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J11 - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J13 - Fertility ; Family Planning ; Child Care ; Children ; Youth; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J14 - Economics of the Elderly ; Economics of the Handicapped ; Non-Labor Market Discrimination; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity

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