China will get rich before it grows old.

• Autores: Baozhen Luo
• Localización: Foreign Affairs, ISSN 0015-7120, Vol. 94, Nº. 3 (May/Jun2015), 2015, págs. 19-24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the impact of China's low fertility rate and aging population on its future economic productivity. Topics include the size of the working-age population, its employment rate and productivity; public welfare programs for the elderly, including pension and health-care, and increasing life expectancy; and a discussion of the repercussions of the one-child policy and the end of the so-called demographic dividend. The impact of a shrinking working population on average wage levels and China's competitiveness is discussed.