China and Ageing
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Beijing - Population:
1330044000 - Size:
9596960.0 Km2
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- Having a sick parent influences labour supply in China
- J. Giles; R. Mu / Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn, 2006
- As the population of potential care-givers to the elderly shrinks with the appearance of attractive migrant employment opportunities, many observers have expressed concerns for the well-being of the Chinese rural elderly. This paper e...
- Critical health determinants of urban or rural living in China
- Z. Zimmer; T. Kaneda; L. Spess / Population Council, USA, 2006
- This paper investigates variations in the mortality of older adults across urban and rural areas of China. The authors argue that evidence suggests mortality rates are 30 percent higher for rural dwellers, and that the availability of...
- Future projections on the status of the elderly will help in forward policy planning
- A. I. Hermalin; M. B. Ofstedal; R. Tesfai / Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2006
- This paper generates profiles of the elderly to 2050 on key characteristics for a set of thirteen developing countries that vary by region, size, economic level, and cultural traditions. Findings show dramatic shifts in the educationa...
- Offsetting the effects of an ageing population in Hong Kong
- L. Leigh / International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006
- This paper argues that if policies are left unchanged, population ageing could adversely affect growth and living standards in Hong Kong. While higher labour productivity growth and increased migration of younger skilled workers from ...
- Consequences of demographic transition in Asia
- A. Hussain; R. Cassen; T. Dyson / Asia 2015 Conference: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty, 2006
- There have been significant changes to the populations of Asian countries over the last five decades; these have implications for education provision, social security and the environment. The speed and the current phase of the transit...
- China's fertility decline and its implications for labour supply and the ageing population
- W. Feng; A. Mason / United Nations Population Division, 2005
- This report evaluates the impact of changes in the Chinese population age structures on its economy, both in the past two decades and in the near future. Demographically, China has transformed itself from a demographic transiti...
- China's contribution to future capital levels in the developed world
- H. Fehr; S. Jokisch; L. Kotlikoff / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005
- People in the developed world are ageing, and economic projections have shown how this demographic is likely to lead to capital shortage, reducing real wages per unit of human capital in order to compensate for benefit-related tax hik...
- Can China grow rich before it grows old?
- R. Jackson; N. Howe / Global Aging Initiative Program, 2004
- Report explores the economic and social implications of the coming age wave. By 2040, assuming current demographic trends continue, there will be 397 million Chinese elders, (adults aged 60 and over) which is more than the total curre...
- Conference on social protection for the ageing population
- United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2002
- The UNRISD conference examined the opportunities, problems and challenges of effective social protection for older people, including formal public policies and more informal strategies, such as household support systems. In Ses...
- Unemployment in China
- E. Gu / International Labour Organization, 2003
- China is suffering from mass unemployment. Millions of former lifetime employees have been laid-off since 1993. Before market transition, the Chinese labour regime was characterized by a state labour allocation system in which all for...
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