Abstract In this paper, we investigate how much Chinese households have contributed to China's economic growth between 1980 and 2015 from the perspective of age structure transitions. We first propose a theoretical framework for the quantification of the demographic dividends during an age...

The results of China’s recent census, which showed a continued slowing in population growth triggered much discussion of the implications for China’s economic growth potential and knock-on implications for debt sustainability. Demographic projections show a rapidly aging population, implying...