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Population aging in the People's Republic of China

Jersey Liang, Edward Jow-Ching Tu and Xiangming Chen

Social Science & Medicine, 1986, vol. 23, issue 12, 1353-1362

Abstract: This paper provides a factual assessment of China's population aging and its social and economic consequences. It is projected that China will have a substantially older population in the middle of the 21st century. Major policy implications concerning old age support and health care have been examined.

Keywords: demography; aging; polocy; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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