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DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT AND PROJECTED LABOUR SHORTAGE IN CHINA
Author(s) -
NIELSEN INGRID,
FANG CAI
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
economic papers: a journal of applied economics and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1759-3441
pISSN - 0812-0439
DOI - 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2007.tb00432.x
Subject(s) - china , economic shortage , population , population growth , birth rate , population momentum , demographic transition , mortality rate , demographic economics , population size , population ageing , economics , demography , geography , fertility , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , government (linguistics)
As a result of China's family planning policy of ‘raising population quality and controlling population size’ initiated in the late 1970s, China has accomplished a population transition from high birth rate, low mortality rate and high population growth to low birth rate, low mortality rate and low population growth within a remarkably short timeframe. Along with this population transition, however, comes a shift in population age structure, with a rapid increase in the proportion of elderly people. This paper explores the implications of China's demographic shift for labour supply and suggests policy changes to target an emerging labour shortage.