Chapter 1. Introduction -- Population ageing and social expenditure -- Some qualifications -- Outline of the study -- ch. 2. Demographic characteristics of immigrants -- Age and composition of Australian population -- Age structure of immigrants -- Fertility -- Mortality -- ch. 3. Factors affecting social expenditure -- Social security pensions -- Labour force status -- Educational attainment -- Health -- Other factors -- ch. 4. The adjustment process -- ch. 5. Benchmark population projections -- Age structure -- Alternative immigration assumptions -- ch. 6. Projections with population decomposition -- Projections of age structure -- Alternative immigration assumptions -- ch. 7. Benchmark social expenditure projections -- The basic framework -- Social expenditure data -- Participation and unemployment rates -- Benchmark projections -- Alternative immigration levels -- ch. 8. Population decomposition and social expenditure projections -- Birthplace composition and social expenditure growth -- Social expenditure projections -- ch. 9. Population projections -- appendix A. Population projections -- appendix B. Social expenditure projections -- appendix C. Population decomposition and social expenditure -- appendix D. Immigration and fertility
Summary
Examines the effects of population ageing and immigration on social expenditure such as health, aged pensions, education, employment and unemployment benefits
Notes
"This report was prepared for the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research whose work has now been absorbed into the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs"-Inside cover
