South Korea's demographic dividend : echoes of the past or prologue to the future? / author, Elizabeth Hervey Stephen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephen, Elizabeth H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population.

Korea (South)--Population.

Korea (South).

Korea (South)--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Korea (South)--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Korea (South)--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

viii, 125 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Center for Strategic & International Studies ; Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

South Korea's Demographic Dividend: Echoes of the Past or Prologue to the Future? weaves together the compelling story of social and demographic effects of the economic miracle in South Korea. This exploration of social change examines the demographic dividend: a window of time when a large percentage of a country's population is in the working ages as a result of low fertility and declining mortality. The working-age population benefits from a relatively small dependent population as the size of the elderly cohort is small and the percentage of children is decreasing. This allows the working-age cohort to amass savings and increase productivity. But what happens when that demographic dividend comes to a close and the working age population must support a large elderly population? For centuries South Koreans relied on the intergenerational Confucian contract whereby parents supported children with the reciprocal expectation that children would support their parents in their older years. In South Korea's Demographic Dividend Dr. Stephen examines what happens to families--and the larger society-- when this contract is broken. The book concludes with proposed policies that address the maintenance of social cohesion in light of structural changes in the personal and public spheres as a result of Korea's unprecedented economic growth.

Contents:

1 Demographic Transitions and Economic Dividends: South Korea and the Asian Tigers (with Frank D. Bean) p. 1

2 The First and Second Demographic Dividends in South Korea: Perfect Example or Perfect Storm? p. 18

3 Social Change in the Midst of Economic Growth p. 41

4 Korean Elderly: Empty Aging p. 65

5 Policy Options p. 91.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-115) and index.

ISBN:

1442280840

9781442280847

9781442280854

1442280859

OCLC:

1083229032