The conundrum of demographic aging and policy challenges: a comparative case study of Canada, Japan and Korea

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dc.contributor.authorMcDaniel, Susan A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-04T21:48:54Z
dc.date.available2015-12-04T21:48:54Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionOpen access article. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) appliesen_US
dc.description.abstractSome analysts lean toward comparative analyses of population aging, then draw potentialpolicy implications. Others lean in the direction of attention to differences in policy regimes and then consider implications of population aging. Key differences among advanced societies may not emanate from demographic aging but from differences in how markets, states, and families work to redistribute societal benefits. In this paper, three countries with contrasting configurations of markets, states, and families, and at different stages of demographic aging, are compared and contrasted: Canada, Japan, and Korea. The paper has three objectives: 1) to outline key changes in population, family, and work in the three countries; 2) to consider how knowledge about these changes, their dynamics and interrelationships, is framed with respect to policy options; and 3) to compare Canada, Japan, and Korea in terms of the framing of policy challenges related to demographic aging. It is found that Canada is joining the longstanding pattern of Japan and Korea of late home-leaving by youth, meaning less effective time in the paid labour force. Little deep connection exists between population aging and economic productivity or labour force shortages. Differential labour market participation of women mediates the effects of population aging.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationMcDaniel, S. (2009). The conundrum of demographic aging and policy challenges: A comparative case study of Canada, Japan and Korea. Canadian Studies in Population, 36(1), 37-62.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3826
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alberta. Department of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Utahen_US
dc.subjectComparative analysisen_US
dc.subjectPopulation agingen_US
dc.subjectPopulation policyen_US
dc.subjectLabour forceen_US
dc.subjectCanada -- Population policyen_US
dc.subjectJapan -- Population policyen_US
dc.subjectKorea -- Population policyen_US
dc.subjectPopulation aging -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectPopulation aging -- Japanen_US
dc.subjectPopulation aging -- Koreaen_US
dc.subjectLabor supply -- Canadaen_US
dc.subjectLabor supply -- Japanen_US
dc.subjectLabor supply -- Koreaen_US
dc.titleThe conundrum of demographic aging and policy challenges: a comparative case study of Canada, Japan and Koreaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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