China's Population Quality to Complement Population Quantity:Intrinsic Mechanism and Realization Path
Using data from censuses and statistical yearbooks between 2000 and 2020 and World Population Prospects 2022,this study constructs a comprehensive evaluation model for labor force qual-ity to estimate the nominal labor supply and effective labor supply equivalent in China and analyze the feasibility and realization path of population quality complementing population quantity.The results show that China's nominal labor supply will drop from 744.7 million in 2020 to 565.9 million in 2050.Although the effective labor supply equivalent is higher than the nominal labor supply,it is constrained by the de-cline of the labor force.The effective labor supply equivalent will peak at 752.9 million in 2028 and then drop to 643.1 million in 2050.By improving the relative labor quality through educational reform and health interventions,the year of the peak can be postponed until 2032,and it can remain over 714 mil-lion before 2050,achieving the population quality complementing quantity in the short term.In the long term,fully leveraging the compensatory effect of population quality cannot be achieved without a certain population size.It is necessary to strengthen the policy system further to support fertility.
Population QualityPopulation QuantityNominal Labor SupplyEffective Labor Supply EquivalentComplementary Effect
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