ISEC/IIASA/TIFAC collaborative programme
is pleased to announce the five day training workshop on
“Demographic Computation: Multistate Population Projection”
from November 9-13, 2010 at ISEC, Bangalore. The training workshop aims
to strengthen the basic analytic skills and help gain knowledge of
multistate demography and Excel tools for demographic analysis. The five
day training includes lectures, practical sessions and assignments.
About the programme
Multistate
population projection was pioneered in the 1970s mainly for regional
population projections. It was advanced by developing software and
applying the methodology in various fields at IIASA by leading
demographers, such as Andrei Rogers, Nathan Keyfitz, and Wolfgang Lutz.
This tool is widely used at IIASA and throughout the world to deal with
population disaggregated by multiple characteristics other than the
classical attributes of population, age and sex. Recently, demographers
at IIASA produced multistate population projections by age, sex, and
educational attainment for 120 countries of the world. This training
workshop will be led by experienced researchers and will cover
methodology for multistate population projection along with hands-on
training.
In the course, the basic concept of multistate demography will be
introduced and discussed. Participants will individually build a
multistate population projection model by age, sex, and educational
attainment for a state of India using Excel and Visual Basics. Excel is
a simple, but powerful computer software that is widely used by
demographers. However, most people are not aware of its various useful
and time-saving functions and tools. While preparing the model, various
issues related to fertility, mortality, migration, and educational
attainment will be dealt with one by one.
The course will be conducted interactively with active involvement of
participants in terms of discussion focusing on two important aspects of
population projections by level of education. The first focus will be on
translation of investments in education (e.g., for changes in enrolment)
into levels of education in the working-age population. At the same
time, we will examine the momentum of education growth regarding the
time needed for improvements to spread throughout the entire working-age
population. The second focus will be on the possible effect of education
on reducing fertility and increasing survival. In most settings,
fertility and mortality decrease as the level of education increases
both at the individual and aggregate levels.
Course Content
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Introduction
to multistate population projection methodology using IIASA’s PDE
(Population-Development-Environment) projection software
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Demonstration of
and training in the use of Excel and Visual Basics for Application
(VBA) as tools for developing multistate population projection models
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Application of
the multistate model to project the population of
several
states in India by age, sex, and educational attainment
Targeted participants
The training workshop is intended for researchers (Assistant or
Associate Professor levels), technocrats in the government as well as
Ph.D. students in fields related to population studies, who wish to
strengthen their basic analytic skills and gain knowledge of multistate
demography and Excel tools for demographic analysis.
Workshop Trainers
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Dr. Samir K.C., Researcher at the World Population Program at IIASA
(International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), Laxenburg,
Austria
(www.iiasa.ac.at)
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Dr. Anne Goujon, Researcher at the World
Population Program at IIASA (International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis), Laxenburg, Austria (www.iiasa.ac.at),
and Vienna Institute of Demography, Vienna (www.oeaw.ac.at/vid)
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Dr. K.S. James, Professor at the Population
Research Centre, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Nagarbhavi,
Bangalore (www.isec.ac.in)
Course fee
There will be a nominal course fee of Rs. 15,000/- which includes
accommodation, food and resource materials. However, there are a few
fellowships available for those who are unable to get sponsorship from
their respective organization/department.
Application Procedure
Interested individuals are required to complete an
application form (downloadable from ISEC website; (www.isec.ac.in)
and must submit their curriculum vitae (with academic records, relevant
work experience and references) and a short statement of their purpose
for applying for the workshop on or before September 15, 2010. The
candidates will be informed of the final selection by October 5, 2010.
Download
Application Form
Applications forms can
be downloaded from here :
Application Form (.doc)
Contact
Requests about complete details of the workshop and the filled in
applications should be sent to:
Dr K.S. James
Professor, Population Research Centre
Institute for Social and Economic Change
Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao Road
Nagarabhavi, Bangalore-560072
Tel : +91-80-23215468 ; Fax : +91-80-23217008
E-Mail:
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