The impact of education and health heterogeneity on Generational Support Ratios: A cross-national comparison between Mexico and Korea

Ageing and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1924-1961

  Arenas, Erika ^a   Kye, Bongoh ^b   Teruel, Graciela ^c   Rubalcava, Luis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

dependency; education and health; Korea; Mexico; population ageing; support ratios

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION POLICY; FEMALE EDUCATION; HETEROGENEITY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGING; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; KOREA; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MODEL; POLICY; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY;

KOREA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84982938303     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X16000751     Document Type: Article

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