Aging Asia: the economic and social implications of rapid demographic change in China, Japan, and South Korea

Preface / Michael Armacost

Introduction / Karen Eggleston and Shripad Tuljapurkar

Population aging and economic growth / David E. Bloom

How demography shapes individual, social, and economic transitions in Asia / Shripad Tuljapurkar

Changing intergenerational transfers in aging Japan / Naohiro Ogawa, Amonthep Chawla and Rikiya Matsukura

Gender, migration, and the well-being of the elderly in rural China / Shuzhuo Li [and others]

Marriage and the elderly in China / Maria Porter

Financing health care in a rapidly aging Japan / Naoki Ikegami

Population aging and the introduction of long-term care insurance in South Korea / Soonman Kwon

Old-age pension reform in South Korea / Byongho Tchoe

The diabetes epidemic in the Asia-Pacific / Karen Eggleston [and others]

Families dealing with dementia : insights from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan / Dolores Gallagher-Thompson [and others]

Elderly care in Singapore : the state as last resort / Meng-kin Lim.