Demographics Unravelled : How Demographics Affect and Influence Every Aspect of Economics, Finance and Policy.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Author -- Contents -- Untitled -- Acknowledgements -- Selected Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Recasting Demographics -- 1.2 Effects and Implications of Demographics -- Chapter 2 Core Data: Past, Present, and Future -- 2.1 Economic History and the History of Global Population Trends -- 2.2 Core Demographic Variables: Data, Analysis, and Some Observations -- 2.2.1 Population Size and Population Growth -- 2.2.2 Ageing Populations -- 2.2.3 Life Expectancy Increases -- 2.2.4 Total Fertility Rates -- 2.2.5 Dependency Ratios -- 2.2.6 Gender Ratios -- 2.2.7 Age Structure and Population Pyramids -- 2.2.8 The Demographic Transition Model -- 2.3 The Role of Migration -- 2.4 Urbanisation -- 2.5 Small Nation-States: Demographics -- 2.6 Changing Longevity-Metrics Need Changing -- 2.7 Changing Social and Individual Behaviour -- 2.8 Multiple Generations -- 2.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Demographics and Macroeconomics -- 3.1 Demographics and Economic Growth -- 3.2 The "Demographic Dividend" and GDP per Capita Growth -- 3.3 Inflation -- 3.4 Debt, Deficits, and Fiscal Sustainability -- 3.5 Demographics, Monetary Policy, and Interest Rates -- 3.6 Demographics and Unemployment -- 3.7 Demographics, Capital Flows, and Current Account -- 3.8 Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Demographics and Asset Prices -- 4.1 Theories of Life-Cycle Consumption, Savings, and the Permanent Income Hypothesis -- 4.1.1 Life-Cycle Consumption Theory -- 4.1.2 Permanent Income Hypothesis -- 4.1.3 Consumption, Savings, and Intertemporal Loans: Pioneer Paul Samuelson -- 4.2 How Demographics Influences Equity Prices and Markets -- 4.3 Will There Be an Asset Market Meltdown When the Baby Boomers Retire? -- 4.4 Demographic Changes and Interest Rates (Bond Yields) -- 4.5 Demographics and Risk Premiums -- 4.6 Asset Holdings and Age.

4.7 Demographics and Equity Sectors -- 4.8 Demographics and Real Estate -- 4.9 Demographics and Commodities -- 4.10 Conclusions -- Appendix: Demographic Characteristics and Asset Holdings -- Chapter 5 Health and Longevity -- 5.2 Longevity -- 5.2.1 Increases in Life Expectancy and Conditional Life Expectancy -- 5.2.2 Life Expectancy vs. Healthy Life Expectancy -- 5.2.3 DALYs and Their Causes -- 5.2.4 Longevity and Mortality: More Than Just Births and Deaths -- 5.2.5 Longevity Risk and the Uncertain Future of Longevity -- 5.2.6 Longevity Forecasting Models: Countries and Regions -- 5.2.7 Short Summary of Longevity Models -- Annuities as a Longevity Risk Management Tool -- 5.2.9 Other Longevity Risk Management Tools and Instruments -- 5.3 Conclusions -- Chapter 6 Pensions and Retirement -- 6.1 A Brief History of Social Security and Pensions -- 6.1.1 Pre-Social Security -- 6.1.2 Committee on Economic Security -- 6.2 Evaluating Pension Systems: Indicators and Cross-Country Comparisons -- 6.3 Evaluating Age-Related Pension Expenditures Across Countries -- 6.4 Pensions and Pension Systems: The Experts -- 6.5 Pensions, Asset Allocation, Investments, and Capital Markets -- 6.6 Pensions and Corporate Finance/Equity Prices -- 6.7 The Future of Retirement and Conclusions -- Chapter 7 Quality of Life, Gender, Governance and Sustainability -- 7.1 Utility Theory, Social Welfare, and Happiness -- 7.2 Quality of Life: Human Development Index (HDI) -- 7.3 Gender and Governance -- 7.4 Corruption and Transparency -- 7.5 Sustainability and Climate Change -- 7.6 Politics and Geopolitics -- 7.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusions -- Notes -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Core Data: Past, Present, and Future -- Chapter 3: Demographics and Macroeconomics -- Chapter 4: Demographics and Asset Prices -- Chapter 5: Health and Longevity.

Chapter 6: Pensions and Retirement -- Chapter 7: Quality of Life, Gender, Governance, Politics, and Sustainability -- Chapter 8: Summary and Conclusions -- Index -- EULA.

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