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The elderly and old age support in rural China : challenges and prospects /
The Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China examines projected demographic changes that will afect the economic well-being of China's rural elderly over the next 20 years, taking into account both China's sharp demographic transition and the ontinued migration of young adults to cities....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China examines projected demographic changes that will afect the economic well-being of China's rural elderly over the next 20 years, taking into account both China's sharp demographic transition and the ontinued migration of young adults to cities. The projected old age dependency ratio of 34 percent in China's rural areas by 2030 suggests that support of the elderly is likely to be an increasing burden on China's families. The book documents the sources of financial support, poverty incidence, and vulnerability of the rural elderly since the early 1990s. In contrast to the urban elderly, who frequently have pension support, the rural elderly typically rely either on their own labor income or financial support from adult children. A substantial share of China's rural elderly continue to work well beyond age 70, but labor as a primary source of support falls sharply during their 60s. Additional evidence suggests that the rural elderly work well beyond 60 out of necessity and only stop working when physically incapacitated. The final sections of the book review experiences with rural pensions during the 1990s and 2000s and draw out the lessons that have informed the design of a new national rural pension scheme. Among the many issues discussed, the report highlights the importance of providing incentives for participation in the pension scheme and of the portability of pensions for a mobile population.--publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 148 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780821389034 0821389033 1280069074 9781280069079 9786613520074 6613520071 |