Fertility and savings contractions in China: Long-run global implications

Jane Golley, Rod Tyers, Yixiao Zhou

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    Abstract

    Following three decades of rapid but unbalanced economic growth, China's reform agendas are set to rebalance the economy towards consumption while maintaining strong GDP growth. Headwinds include a demographic contraction that will bring negative labour force growth and rapid ageing. Rising aged dependency combined with lower saving rates will rebalance the economy, but they will reduce both GDP growth and real per capita income. While an effective two-child policy could sustain growth and eventually mitigate the aged dependency problem, it would set real per capita income on a still lower path. These conundrums are examined using a global economic and demographic model, which shows how the continuing demographic and saving contractions in China would alter the trajectories of both the Chinese and global economies.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3194-3220
    JournalThe World Economy
    Volume41
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018

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