The Impact of China’s Aging Population on Economic Growth

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10.2991/978-94-6463-874-5_140How to use a DOI?

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Case Study; Policy Evaluation; Labor Supply; Silver Economy; Social Security Pressure

Abstract

China is experiencing the world’s largest and fastest population aging process. Aging poses a systematic challenge to economic growth through the contraction of the labor supply, the transformation of consumption structure, and the transmission of social security pressure. It is urgent to explore the transformation path of the “longevity economy.” This study focuses on the three dimensions of labor supply shrinkage and efficiency decline, the release of silver economy momentum, and the pressure on the social security system. By combining the pilot cases of community elderly care, the innovation path of the silver economy is analyzed; through the research method of quantitative evaluation of the effectiveness of social security reform through policy text, it is concluded that the labor shortage caused by aging forces the intelligent upgrading of industries, and the increase in the contribution rate of the silver economy partially offsets the decline of traditional momentum. Still, the expansion of social security expenditure may compress productive investment.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Shien Yuan
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/11/03
TI  - The Impact of China’s Aging Population on Economic Growth
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Financial Innovation and Marketing Management (FIMM 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1232
EP  - 1238
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-874-5_140
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-874-5_140
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