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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452533003321

Titolo

Aging and economic growth in the Pacific Region / / edited by Akira Kohsaka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-07644-3

1-283-89452-1

1-135-12555-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 109

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 109

Altri autori (Persone)

KohsakaAkira

Disciplina

304.6/1091823

Soggetti

Population aging - Pacific Area

Economic development - Pacific Area

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Akira Kohsaka -- Aging and potential economic growth in the Pacific Region / Akira Kohsaka -- Australia / Ross Guest and Tony Makin -- Japan / Takashi Oshio -- Hong Kong / Desmong K. C. Hou -- Indonesia / Miranda Goeltom and Solikin M. Juhro -- United States / Jeffrey B. Nugent and Guillaume Vandenbroucke.

Sommario/riassunto

The Pacific region is in the final stage of the demographic transition with declining fertility and expanding life expectancy, where significant changes in population size and age distribution, i.e. ""aging"" have been and will be witnessed. They are unprecedented and going to affect economic growth in various ways. This book focuses on the Pacific region, one of the most rapidly aging regions, and examines the possible risk aspects. Particularly, the book takes into account of possible adjustments both endogenous and exogenous (including policy responses) to the new reality of agin