02. Numbering the people: the Census, Vital Registration and Population Registers
Professor David Coleman gives the second lecture on Demographics, where he looks at different ways in which governments and demographers have collecte...
Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World
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The study of populations and demographics is explained in detail in this introductory series by Professor David Coleman, Professor of Demography. Using statistics gathered from censuses, parish records and other sources, Professor Coleman looks at the ways in which populations rise and fall through history. This series is at an introductory level and individuals need no prior knowledge of analyzing statistics or mathematics.
01. Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century
Professor David Coleman gives the first lecture in his Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World series. He describes the challenges such as...
11. Does Government belong in the bedroom?
There are many examples, from the ancient world to Nazi Germany, of attempts to protect or to increase the birth rate and hence population size. Slide...
10. Who's afraid of population decline?
Fear of population decline has haunted states ever since states existed. Population size was the basis of the power, security and prosperity of any po...
09. Bringing down the birth rate - family planning in the developing world
Traditionally, high birth rates were high. But as they were balanced by high death rates, population growth rates were usually very low. Prof David Co...
08. After the demographic transition in the developing world
Fertility in all but 12 countries in the world is now falling. Where will it stop? In this talk, Prof David Coleman looks at the demographic transitio...
07. 'Old Europe' - pensions, taxes and alternatives
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
06. Demographic behaviour of immigrant and minority populations
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
05. International migration: guest workers, dependents, asylum and others
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...
04. The retreat of mortality - 20th and 21st century trends
Professor David Coleman from Dept of Social Policy, University of Oxford, gives a talk from his "Demographic Trends and Problems of the Modern World" ...