Utilizing the most recent census and survey data as well as the new ProFamy method, this paper presents and analyzes the trends of challenges of population aging and elderly living arrangements in China in the first half of twenty-first century. It discusses the serious challenges and related policy recommendations concerning the old-age insurance program in rural China.
Population agingChina's population problemsChina's population policies
Yi Zeng
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China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development, Peking University, China, Center for Study of Aging and Human Development and Geriatric Division of Medical Center, and Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany