- GUSTAVO DE SANTIS, DEMOGRAFIA, IL MULINO EDITORE, BOLOGNA, 2010
- AURORA ANGELI E SILVANA SALVINI, POPOLAZIONE E SVILUPPO NELLE REGIONI DEL MONDO, CONVERGENZE E DIVERGENZE NEI COMPORTAMENTI DEMOGRAFICI. Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007
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italiano
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Metodologie e tecniche di misura e di interpretazione dei fatti di popolazione attraverso dati aggregati
Methods and techniques of measurement and interpretation of the facts of the population through aggregated data
Learning Objectives
The course aims to introduce the basic concepts and provide tools for the study of population structure and demographic behavior. Concepts and measures are verified on real populations through appropriate examples to be conducted with the use of data obtained from official sources and the main survey. In particular, attention will be paid to the comparison of issues related to the demographic characteristics of developing and developed societies.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of mathematics and statistics.
Teaching Methods
Lessons face to face in the classroom through exposure of methods and case studies, with reference to countries in the developing world.
Type of Assessment
The examination consists in a written proof and in a oral proof.
Course program
1 - The concept of population as a renewable collective
2 - The demographic sources in developed countries and developing countries
3 - Measures of growth
4 - The demographic structure: the pyramid by age and structure indexes
5 - State and population movement: the Lexis diagram
6 - The measurement of demographic phenomena
7 - Rates and probability
8 - Analysis by cohort and by period.
9 - Measurements of intensity and timing.
10 - Methods of standardization
11 The detail of demographic phenomena
12 - Mortality
13 - Fertility
14 - Reproductivity
15-Forecasts