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Colby, Sandra L.; Ortman, Jennifer M. – US Census Bureau, 2015
Between 2014 and 2060, the U.S. population is projected to increase from 319 million to 417 million, reaching 400 million in 2051. The U.S. population is projected to grow more slowly in future decades than in the recent past, as these projections assume that fertility rates will continue to decline and that there will be a modest decline in the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Population Distribution, Population Trends
Chong, Sylvia N. Y.; Cheah, Horn Mun – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: Singapore is experiencing great demographic change. These demographic trends show fewer young people and declining birth rates, greater longevity for ageing generations and an increase in the number of non-Singaporean residents. Statistics also show that more than half of the total population increase in the last decades was…
Descriptors: Population Trends, Birth Rate, Lifelong Learning, Cultural Pluralism
Sasser, Alicia – Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2009
This policy brief investigates factors affecting New England's supply of recent college graduates and how those factors have changed over time, and suggests steps that states might take to expand this source of skilled labor. (Contains 3 figures.) [This brief summarizes analysis in NEPPC research report 08-1: "The Future of the Skilled Labor…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Human Capital, Education Work Relationship, Educational Trends