demographic dividend

Coined by David E. Bloom and David Canning.

demographic dividend (plural demographic dividends)

1. (economics) The economic growth resulting from shifts in a population’s age structure, mainly when the share of the working-age population becomes larger than the non-working-age share.

   Coordinate term: demographic tax

   • 2011 February 18, James Fallows, “How to Solve China's Gender Imbalance? The 'Babe Tax'”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 February 2011:

     It seems all but inevitable that China will move out of its "youth bulge" or demographic dividends period over the next several decades, as various studies show.

   • 2012 February 27, Megan McArdle, “Europe’s Real Crisis”, in The Atlantic‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 August 2012:

     The youngest members of America’s vast Baby Boom were in college; the oldest were on the brink of their peak earning power. America was about to reap what the economists David Bloom and David Canning have dubbed the “demographic dividend” of rising labor supply and productivity.

   • 2014 April 7, Jason Burke, “India election: country awaits a demographic dividend or disaster”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN, archived from the original on 7 April 2014:

     Much is changing, and the process of transition is traumatic for millions. India's youth could be a "demographic dividend", ensuring stability and prosperity for decades to come – or a disaster, condemning the country to years of deep social tensions, drift and fear.

• demographic transition