Heterogeneity in Population Ageing: A Formal Demographic Analysis of the Impact of Variation in Mortality, Measurement and Subpopulations

Affected by increasing life expectancies, falling fertility rates and changing migration patterns, population ageing is the culmination of demographic changes that have been underway since the start of the demographic transition. Population ageing is powerful and unrelenting, affecting healthcare systems, pension expenditure, economies, family structures and society. Population ageing is not uniform: the ageing of any population is influenced by a unique mix of demographic conditions, including age-specific patterns in mortality, fertility, migration, population growth and the composition of subpopulations. This heterogeneity can be investigated using formal methods to provide a deep and nuanced picture of population ageing. 

This Confirmation of Candidature (formerly known as a Thesis Proposal Review) presentation will provide an overview of the PhD thesis as well as further details on three proposed papers.

Tabitha Scott is a first-year PhD student at the School of Demography. Tabitha has been conducting demographic research since her undergraduate degree, where she received a CEPAR Honours Scholarship and W.D. Borrie Prize. Her research focuses on using formal demographic methods to understand population ageing throughout the world. Her previous work includes Decomposing the Drivers of Population Ageing, published last year in Demography, and Growing Old Together? The Sex Gap in Population Ageing, which is currently under review.

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