Trends and characteristics of labor force participation among older persons in developing Asia: Literature review and cross-country assessment

A Kikkawa, R Gaspar - Journal of Population Ageing, 2023 - Springer
This paper examines the pattern and prospects of labor force participation of older persons
in developing Asia. We review relevant literature and conduct a detailed analysis of …

Construction of the active aging index in Bangladesh: challenges and opportunities

MA Haque, S Afrin - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Background Bangladesh is one of the fastest-growing older populations in the world.
However, there has been little initiative in constructing an Active Aging Index (AAI) to monitor …

The impact of demographic structure, human capital, migration and environmental degradation on economic growth in Asia

Y Amornkitvikai, C Harvie… - Journal of Economic …, 2022 - emerald.com
The impact of demographic structure, human capital, migration and environmental degradation
on economic growth in Asia | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings …

COVID-19 pandemic and positive ageing

SH Ng, C Cheung - Psychology and Developing Societies, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Given the havoc of the worldwide coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the
older population, this article outlines a positive ageing framework for understanding and …

Labour force participation among the elderly in India: what does the latest data show?

P Roy, A Barua - International Journal of Social Economics, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the labour force participation among the
elderly population (aged 60 and above) in India from data available for the most recent time …

Generational economic dependency in aging Europe: Contribution of education and population changes

E Rentería, G Souto, T Istenič, J Sambt - The Journal of the Economics of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Europe is experiencing the challenges of aging. However, different evolutions of their
dependency ratios are observed, stimulated in many cases by the baby boom generation …

[PDF][PDF] Asia aging: demographic, economic, and health transitions

W He, D Goodkind, P Kowal… - US Department of …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Among the world's most significant demographic trends in recent decades, increasing
attention has been paid to aging in Asia. The reasons are obvious when one considers that …

Health Capacity to Work among Older Malaysians

N Mansor, H Awang, D Park - Asian Development Review, 2024 - World Scientific
This paper uses two methodologies to explore the extent to which greater labor force
participation among older Malaysians can expand Malaysia's labor supply. The Milligan …

Population Aging, Silver Dividend, and Economic Growth

D Park, K Shin - Asian Development Bank Economics Working …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
While there are growing concerns about population aging, some studies explore the
possibility that population aging can give rise to a silver dividend that contributes to …

Ageing Societies are a Triumph

S Harper - Journal of Population Ageing, 2023 - Springer
S. Harper demographic dividend. Also referred to as the silver demographic dividend this is
the increase in productivity arising from older healthier adults contributing directly to the …