Why Does Population Aging Matter So Much for Asia? Population Aging, Economic Security and Economic Growth in Asia

Sang-Hyop Lee, Andrew Mason and Donghyun Park

No DP-2011-04, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: Asia as a whole is experiencing a rapid demographic transition toward older population structures. Within this broader region-wide trend, there is considerable heterogeneity, with different countries at different stages of the demographic transition. In this paper, we document Asia’s population aging, describe the region’s old-age support systems, and draw out the regional socioeconomic implications of population aging and old-age support systems. Population aging gives rise to two fundamental challenges for the region – (1) developing socioeconomic systems that can provide economic security to the growing number of elderly and (2) sustaining strong growth in the face of aging over the next few decades. Successfully addressing those two challenges will be vital for ensuring Asia’s continued economic success in the medium and long term.

Pages: 33 pages.
Date: 2011-08-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-cwa, nep-dem, nep-hea and nep-sea
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