The more left-wing elements of the party want the retirement age to be lowered, but with the increasing problems of demography and the falling birthrate, Mr. Gabriel was forced to walk a fine line between retaining it or reducing it.
Her father was a professor of demography at the University of Montreal.
Today, EU governments see the challenge primarily as one of demography.
If agreement was not reached, he said, "the hard realities of demography will take hold.
Dr. Olshansky was countered by Samuel H. Preston, a professor of demography at the University of Pennsylvania.
Pisarski calls commuting "the interaction of demography with geography," and the nuances are legion.
To a person growing up in the power of demography, this voice was foolish.
The 2012 election results illustrate the gradual transition we are making from one sort of demography (the current Republican coalition) toward another sort of demography (the Democratic coalition).
"Australia is becoming a small player in the international migration market," said Peter McDonald, a professor of demography at the Australian National University.
It is a domestic issue – and, according to Irena Kotowska, professor of demography at the Warsaw School of Economics – a smokescreen.
WACHTER, Kenneth W.; chair, department of demography and professor of demography and statistics, University of California, Berkeley.
