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Empirical Study Of Chinese Population Age Structure And Economic Growth Relations

Posted on:2014-02-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X L ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2267330425478150Subject:Political economy
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China since the reform and opening up its economy has maintained rapid growth, the average annual growth rate of9.79percent, China’s rapid economic growth gave rise to doubt, is what factors led to the rapid growth of the economy, and what factors can make thiskinds of high-speed growth for a long time maintained. Has been domestic scholars think that is an important feature of China to maintain rapid growth, high savings rate and high investment rates. However, with the increase in capital elements, a single element of the contribution to economic growth is a gradual decline in the basic characteristics of the Chinese economy that is "capital deepening" the rise was not enough to maintain the sustainability of economic growth. In this case, the size of the population, or changes in the structure of the continuing impact of the economic growth has a decisive role in the changes in the age structure of the population in China in the period of economic reforms has unique movement trend changes in the age structure of the population in China has experienced high death rate, high birth rates and high growth rates to the evolution of the low birth rate, low mortality and low growth rate ", this evolution process is labor gradually increase the proportion of the total social burden, economic growth in a relatively favorable demographic structure of the environment, the Chinese take full advantage of this opportunity for economic growth, set off against capital deepening unsustainability unlimited supply of labor. In this paper empirical study of China’s population age structure of the relationship between economic growth, test prove the demographic dividend promote economic growth, the total social burden than the impact on the economy is a negative role, the government needs to change and reform in the population policy.
Keywords/Search Tags:Changes in the age structure of the population, Economic growth, Total socialburden ratio, Labor supply
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