July 22nd, 2011

Eggleston considers China's ability to adjust to demographic change

Can social, economic, and policy changes turn a period of growing old-age dependency into one of positive opportunity and growth in China? Qiong Zhang and Asia Health Policy Program director Karen Eggleston explore this challenging question in a recent China Brief article. They look back into several decades of China's history and also consider the current demographic picture of one-child families, gender imbalance, declining fertility rates, and a healthy and prosperous aging population.

• » China Brief: Aging economics: China's population imbalance

February 11th, 2011

Comparative policy responses to demographic change in East Asia

East Asia's demographic landscape is rapidly changing and comparative academic research is crucial to help guide well-informed decisions in the many policy areas that are affected, such as security, economics, and immigration. From January 20 to 21, the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center gathered subject experts from numerous fields for two days of lively and productive presentations and dialogue to help identify key research issues and questions for its new, three-year research initiative on this significant subject. A public panel discussion was held on January 20, featuring eight scholars from across the United States and Asia. The issue of aging featured prominently in their presentations, as did fertility rates and immigration. A full audio recording of the panel discussion and summaries of the presentations are now available. Read more »

January 24th, 2011

Aging Asia now available

In conjunction with its launch of a three-year research initiative to study the effects of demographic change in Asia, the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce the publication of Aging Asia: The Economic and Social Implications of Rapid Demographic Change in China, Japan, and South Korea. The book covers a diverse range of issues of demographic change, including intergenerational transfers in Japan, marriage and the elderly in China, pension reform in South Korea, and the Asia-Pacific diabetes epidemic.

• » Aging Asia: The Economic and Social Implications of Rapid Demographic Change in China, Japan, and South Korea

November 29th, 2010

On demographic change in East Asia: An interview with Karen Eggleston

This year, the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) has engaged in leading-edge research on demographic change in East Asia. Karen Eggleston, director of the Asia Health Policy Program at Shorenstein APARC, discusses the recently published book Aging Asia: The Economic and Social Implications of Rapid Demographic Change in China, Japan, and South Korea, and a workshop on the economic, social, political, and security implications of demographic change in East Asia, held January 20-21 at Shorenstein APARC.
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November 18th, 2010

An Asian dimension to the Stanford Center for Population Research

The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and its Asia Health Policy Program have joined with other centers and programs across the university as collaborative partners for the new Stanford Center for Population Research. Read more »

December 15th, 2009

Working paper series on health and demographic change in the Asia-Pacific

December 2009 marks the first anniversary of the launch of the Asia Health Policy Program's working paper series on health and demographic change in the Asia-Pacific. Read more »

March 2nd, 2009

Economic and social implications of rapid demographic change in China, Japan, and Korea

On February 26, 2009, the Asia Health Policy Program and the Stanford Center on Longevity co-sponsored a conference entitled "Aging Asia: Economic and Social Implications of Rapid Demographic Change in China, Japan, and Korea." 18 papers, conference agenda available
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