Nicholas Gailey, Author at N-IUSSP

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

The demographic dividend is driven by education, not changes in age structure

March 14, 2021November 18, 2019 Wolfgang Lutz, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma and Nicholas Gailey

Africa, Asia, Education, Work, world

Wolfgang Lutz, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, and Nicholas Gailey show that the “demographic dividend” does not result from the opening of “a window of opportunity” caused by a declining youth dependency … Read more

Fertility and reproduction

Education disruptions in the 1980s contributed to the stalled fertility decline in Africa around 2000

March 10, 2021April 8, 2019 Endale Kebede, Anne Goujon, Wolfgang Lutz and Nicholas Gailey

Africa, Children, Education

Masked by time, educational disruptions of the 1980s help explain why steady fertility declines came to a surprising halt in the 2000s in ten sub-Saharan African countries. The findings, according … Read more