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Aging Asia: The Economic and Social Implications of Rapid Demographic Change in China, Japan, and South Korea

Name: Aging Asia: The Economic and Social Implications of Rapid Demographic Change in China, Japan, and South Korea
Brand: Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
SKU: 9781931368209
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Contributors:

Karen Eggleston (Editor)

Publisher:

Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Social Science, Political Science

Book Subcategory:

Demography, Public Policy

Book Topic:

Social Policy, Economic Policy

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Release Date:

2011-07-24

ISBN 13:

9781931368209

Weight:

0.66 lbs

Size:

8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inches

Pages:

213

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In the past fifty years, two factors have led to global population aging: a decline in fertility to levels close to--or even below--replacement and a decline in mortality that has increased world average life expectancy by nearly 67 percent. As the population skews toward fewer young people and more elderly who live longer postretirement lives, demographic changes--labor force participation, savings, economic growth, living arrangements, marriage markets, and social policy--are transforming society in fundamental, irreversible ways.

Nowhere are these effects of aging and demographic change more acute--nor their long-term effects more potentially significant--than in the Asia-Pacific region. How will these developments impact the economies and social protection systems of Japan, South Korea, China, and, by extension, the United States?

To assess this question, Aging Asia showcases cutting-edge, policy-relevant research. The first section focuses on demographic trends and their economic implications; the second section approaches select topics from a global comparative perspective, including social insurance financing, medical costs, and long-term care.

About the Author

Karen Eggleston is Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Asia Health Policy Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at FSI. She is also a Fellow with the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Shripad Tuljapurkar is Professor of Biology and the Dean & Virginia Morrison Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University.

Aging Asia: The Economic and Social Implications of Rapid Demographic Change in China, Japan, and South Korea

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