Exploring Determinants of Population Ageing in Northeast China: From a Socio-Economic Perspective

Abstract

The paper aims to examine the population ageing process in northeast China, typically perceived as a region experiencing dramatic demographic change and socio-economic slowdown that is much deeper and more significant compared to other regions. Using the 2000 and 2010 census data at the sub-regional level, the SEM (spatial error model) estimation suggests that at least seven socio-economic factors are associated with the evolution of the ageing pattern in northeast China, including birth rate, mortality, education, healthcare conditions, the level of economic development, urbanization, and population mobility. However, these associations vary according to time and space, which are further confirmed by the geographical weighted regression (GWR). These findings imply that there are complicated and diversified factors which may be associated with the deteriorating population ageing at the local level in northeast China. Therefore, the sustainable development of the northeast region may not be delivered by dichotomous policy interventions, such as the control of birth rate or mortality rate, as many of the previous studies have focused on; instead, the implementation of ageing policy shall be consistent and complementary with the principles of social benefits, for example, providing incentives for improving regional economic structures, or by policies aimed at building up an adequate “tolerant culture” for slowing down population outflows.

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“…Aging and health paradigms are influenced by a plethora of factors, hence this research cannot claim to be all-encompassing. Further research will foresee other dimensions related to each country's economic and social conditions, broken down by countries' regions (as Yang et al [31] proposed, taking into consideration, for instance that, capital cities are more developed within each country), but also older people's gender specificity with regard to their involvement in society [74], as well as related to the aging implications on company risk and return, particularly in emerging markets [75]. A distinct focus of our future research will be on aging policies that need to be tailored to each EU Member State according to their heterogeneity.…”

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“…6-7). As regards the implications of health and education upon aging, Yang et al [31], by applying multifactorial econometric models for 2000 and 2010 in China, found favorable impacts induced by education and healthcare conditions on the evolution of the aging pattern, although at a decreasing rate over time.…”

Clinical and pathological analysis of renal biopsies of elderly patients in Northeast China: a single-center study

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