End of the First Demographic Dividend and Possible Labor Market Response in China and Other Asian Countries

China and World Economy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-96

  Ogawa, Naohiro ^a   Chen, Qiulin ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Consumption; E24; First demographic dividend; J11; J24; Labor income; Support ratio; Total dependency ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875490307     PISSN: 16712234     EISSN: 1749124X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-124X.2013.12016.x     Document Type: Article

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