The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia

The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia
Author :
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 403
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780226386881
ISBN-13 : 0226386880
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia by : Takatoshi Ito

Recent studies show that almost all industrial countries have experienced dramatic decreases in both fertility and mortality rates. This situation has led to aging societies with economies that suffer from both a decline in the working population and a rise in fiscal deficits linked to increased government spending. East Asia exemplifies these trends, and this volume offers an in-depth look at how long-term demographic transitions have taken shape there and how they have affected the economy in the region. The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia assembles a group of experts to explore such topics as comparative demographic change, population aging, the rising cost of health care, and specific policy concerns in individual countries. The volume provides an overview of economic growth in East Asia as well as more specific studies on Japan, Korea, China, and Hong Kong. Offering important insights into the causes and consequences of this transition, this book will benefit students, researchers, and policy makers focused on East Asia as well as anyone concerned with similar trends elsewhere in the world.

The Demographic Dividend

The Demographic Dividend
Author :
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Total Pages : 127
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780833033734
ISBN-13 : 0833033735
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis The Demographic Dividend by : David Bloom

There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.

Development and Demographic Change in Taiwan

Development and Demographic Change in Taiwan
Author :
Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 481
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789812386663
ISBN-13 : 9812386661
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Development and Demographic Change in Taiwan by : Roger Mark Selya

This book describes and analyzes the demographic changes that took place in Taiwan between 1945 and 1995. It uses an interdisciplinary methodology so that different approaches to demographic change can be compared and contrasted. It attempts to evaluate Taiwan's experience so that lessons for the Third World can be extracted. The content and presentation of the material are deliberately designed to replicate the 1954 work of Barclay, Demographic Change and Colonial Development in Taiwan. As such the book seeks to provide the reasons that economic development without demographic change took place under the Japanese while development with demographic change took place under the Chinese. The volume is richly illustrated with some 82 original maps and graphs.

China’s Economic Growth Prospects

China’s Economic Growth Prospects
Author :
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages : 247
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781781005859
ISBN-13 : 1781005850
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis China’s Economic Growth Prospects by : Cai Fang

China has grown rapidly since the reform initiation of the 1970s. China’s Economic Growth Prospects narrates the contribution of demographic transition to recent economic growth in China, and provides suggestions for ways in which it can sustain growth over the next few decades. The expert author provides reasons for the economic slowdown since the second decade of the twenty-first century; explores the challenges facing China’s long-term sustainability of growth with the disappearance of demographic dividend; and proposes policy suggestions. He concludes that, in order to avoid the middle-income trap, economic growth in China must transform from an inputs-driven pattern, to a productivity-driven pattern. Academics, researchers and students of economics and business, particularly those specialising in China, will find this book to be a useful resource. Investment bankers, journalists, politicians and policy makers will find the discussions of past experience and the future potential of the Chinese economy to be of interest.

Colonial Development and Population in Taiwan

Colonial Development and Population in Taiwan
Author :
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 293
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781400877010
ISBN-13 : 1400877016
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Colonial Development and Population in Taiwan by : George Watson Barclay

An unusual view of an agrarian region in the process of development by a colonial power. Taiwan (or Formosa), when it reverted to Chinese control in 1945, had been for fifty years the Japanese empire's most cherished foreign possession. Using the remarkable statistical data that the Japanese compiled to aid their administration—one of the most complete and creditable records for a population of this size that has ever been at the disposal of demographers—this book is able to present an authoritative picture of the social economic agricultural and demographic development of the island. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Development and Demographic Change in Taiwan

Development and Demographic Change in Taiwan
Author :
Publisher : World Scientific
Total Pages : 481
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789812791153
ISBN-13 : 9812791159
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Development and Demographic Change in Taiwan by : Roger Mark Selya

This book describes and analyzes the demographic changes that took place in Taiwan between 1945 and 1995. It uses an interdisciplinary methodology so that different approaches to demographic change can be compared and contrasted. It attempts to evaluate Taiwan''s experience so that lessons for the Third World can be extracted. The content and presentation of the material are deliberately designed to replicate the 1954 work of Barclay, Demographic Change and Colonial Development in Taiwan. As such the book seeks to provide the reasons that economic development without demographic change took place under the Japanese while development with demographic change took place under the Chinese. The volume is richly illustrated with some 82 original maps and graphs.

Urbanization and Development

Urbanization and Development
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 240
Release :
ISBN-10 : 036721556X
ISBN-13 : 9780367215569
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis Urbanization and Development by : Paul K. C. Liu

The growth and expansion of cities and the transition from a rural to an urban society are among the most critical links between population change and economic development. On the one hand, migration is one of the fundamental demographic processes associated with changes in the population of urban places; the changing distribution of population be

Political Demography

Political Demography
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 344
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780199945962
ISBN-13 : 0199945969
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Political Demography by : Jack A. Goldstone

The field of political demography - the politics of population change - is dramatically underrepresented in political science. At a time when demographic changes - aging in the rich world, youth bulges in the developing world, ethnic and religious shifts, migration, and urbanization - are waxing as never before, this neglect is especially glaring and starkly contrasts with the enormous interest coming from policymakers and the media. "Ten years ago, [demography] was hardly on the radar screen," remarks Richard Jackson and Neil Howe of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, two contributors to this volume. "Today," they continue, "it dominates almost any discussion of America's long-term fiscal, economic, or foreign-policy direction." Demography is the most predictable of the social sciences: children born in the last five years will be the new workers, voters, soldiers, and potential insurgents of 2025 and the political elites of the 2050s. Whether in the West or the developing world, political scientists urgently need to understand the tectonics of demography in order to grasp the full context of today's political developments. This book begins to fill the gap from a global and historical perspective and with the hope that scholars and policymakers will take its insights on board to develop enlightened policies for our collective future.

Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia

Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia
Author :
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 527
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780804743228
ISBN-13 : 0804743223
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia by : Andrew Mason

The fifteen essays in this volume address from several viewpoints the question of what role population change played in East Asia's rapid economic development.

Family Planning in Taiwan

Family Planning in Taiwan
Author :
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 529
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780691648613
ISBN-13 : 0691648611
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Family Planning in Taiwan by : Ralph Freedman

The experimental family planning program begun in 1963 in Taichung, the provincial capital of Taiwan, was the largest intensive program of its kind ever to be carried out for a sizable concentrated population. Its use of systematic observation and measurements was also unique. In evaluating the program and the data gathered, the authors seek to establish the extent to which the decline in Taiwan's fertility level resulted from the program rather than from the changes already underway in the society at that time. Finally, two vital questions occupy them: What has been learned in Taiwan, and how much of this can be applied to other developing countries with rapid population growth? Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.