population projections

New blog on population geography research

Readers of the CSAP Blog might well be interested in a new blog focused on population matters being run by the Population Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society. In the latest post I discuss the importance of variant population projections, especially given current political and economic uncertainty as...

New Paper: Microsimulation for demography

Lomax, Nik; Smith, Andrew. Microsimulation for demography. Australian Population Studies, 1(1) 73-85. [URL]. Abstract Background: Microsimulation consists of a set of techniques for estimating characteristics and modelling change in populations of individuals. Aims: To demonstrate how microsimulation can be used by demographers who want to undertake population estimates and projections. Data and...