Aging
Scholarly Publications
Policy Challenges from Demographic Change in China and India
July 2016
The world’s two most populous countries face numerous policy challenges from rapid demographic change.
Will Demographic Change Slow China's Rise?
June 2013
China's population of 1.34 billion is now 50 percent urban, over 13 percent above age 60, and with 118 boys born for every 100 girls.
Economic Research on Elderly Health and Implications for Analysis of Aging China
March 2013
"Old while not affluent" situation, together with an unsustainable high investment rate and high dependency on foreign trade, spurs hot debates on the challenges of a fast-aging population and the...
Other Publications
Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2015-16
November 2016
Shorenstein APARC's center overviews provide detailed information about Shorenstein APARC's mission, history, faculty, financial support, organizational structure, projects, and programs.
Demographic Change in East Asia: Economic, Social, and Security Implications
December 2011
Japan leads, chased closely by South Korea, with China, on a vastly larger scale, not far behind.
News
Facing the Demographic Tidal Wave: Collaborative Solutions for an Aging World
October 2018
In Beijing’s bustling Chaoyang District stands a multi-story building known as the Gonghe Senior Apartments: a 400-bed nursing home for middle-income seniors who are disabled or suffer from...
China faces its future of urbanization
May 2017
China’s growth in cities has been unprecedented over the past decade, and the urbanization policies the government put in place, while achieving notable successes, continue to face systemic...
Conference explores how the US and Japan can close the gender gap
November 2016
Japanese and American scholars and practitioners gathered at Stanford recently for “Womenomics, the Workplace, and Women,” a full-day conference seeking to find pathways to advance opportunity for...
Events
Leveraging Skills and Experience of Senior Professionals for Social Good: Nonprofit Innovation and Implications for Japan
February 9, 2018
The “Baby Boomer” generation (dankai no sedai) has begun to reach the age of retirement en mass. 10,000 people turn 65 every day in the United States.
Overcoming Economic Malaise: Strategic, Educational and Social Innovation for South Korea
May 4, 2016
South Korea has relied on its export-oriented development model to become an economic powerhouse, but has now reached the limits of this model.
Global Talent and Immigration Issues in Aging Societies: The Korean Experience
March 29, 2016
As the keynote for Shorenstein APARC's 8th annual Koret Workshop, Se Young Ahn, one of South Korea's leading public intellectuals, will analyze the Korean experience of utilizing global talent and...
Projects
Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia
Launched in January 2011, Comparative Policy Responses to Demographic Change in East Asia is a three-year research initiative at the Walter H.
English
Health Improvement under Mao and Its Implications for Contemporary Aging in China
This study aimed to better understand the dramatic health improvements in Maoist China and the age-related health disparities that it may have generated.
English
Population Aging, Child Health and Control of Infectious Diseases
The Asia Health Policy Program works with other researchers at Stanford and several countries of the Asia-Pacific to analyze prominent issues in population aging, child health, and control of...
English
Multimedia
Trends in Disability in a Super-Aging Society: Adapting the Future Elderly Model to Japan
August 2016
Audio, transcript and presentation from the Asia Health Policy Program seminar "Trends in Disability in a Super-Aging Society: Adapting the Future Elderly Model to Japan" on Oct.
Enhancing South Korea's Security: The U.S. Alliance and Beyond
March 2009
Two decades ago, South Korea appeared on the path to greatly increased security. The Cold War was ending, fundamentally improving South Korea’s regional security environment.
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