The economic and social impacts of population aging in Singapore are examined, particularly their impact on labor supply and the extent to which traditional family and community care providers can meet the challenges of an aged population. The adequacy of public policy responses, such as the new ...
It places special emphasis on a variety of demographic and policy forces that are vitally important for evaluating the impact of population aging on economic growth. It also considers the implications of these developments for closing the gender gap in pension provision. It ends by offering some ...
The Canadian population is aging more rapidly than ever before, and that trend has widespread implications for a number of different aspects of Canada's society. This paper explores the possible impact of an aging population on health systems, labour supply, intergenerational relationships, and socia...
China's population aging problem is more severe than other countries because of the one-child policy adopted in the early 1980s, and the current social security system is not sustainable. A two-sector overlapping generations model is developed to analyze China's social security reforms. It is ...
Using this model, we investigated the impact of population aging on the growth of labor supply, capital stock, and economic growth. The simulation shows that population aging decreases the growth rate of the labor supply remarkably. This causes the wage rate to rise. This, in turn, fosters ...
Health and Social Welfare Implications of an Ageing Population: What are the Uncertainties? The rapid increase in life expectancy over the last century, as well as the 'demographic shift', has led to concerns about dependency ratios, population trends in disability, and the impact of these on ...
We conducted 2 experiments to specifically examine whether older adults are more susceptible to the negative impact of irrelevant evaluative information when making social judgments. Young (ages 20-44), middle-aged (ages 45-63), and older (ages 65-85) adults were presented with descriptions of ...
has implications for our understanding of aging, poverty, and policy. Polarized Support for Intimate Partner Violence Gun-Related Interventions Anne Groggel Social movements pushed to reconceptualize intimate partner violence (IPV) as...
Declining rates of growth lead to an aging population, although the total population may be growing. The fast-growing world population has motivated a large number of studies on the effects of population growth on the economy and the environment and the optimal population sizeFootnote 2. A ...
The impact of social support on physical activity may be achieved through encouragement, emotional affirmation, or financial support, or it may be achieved through the transfer of valuable knowledge [11]. Furthermore, physical activity is increasingly documented as a protective factor associated with ...