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It is inevitable that the demographic regime of low mortality-low fertility will lead to population aging. This phenomenon is a product of industrialization and economic growth, and may in turn, threaten economic growth. Given this situation of population aging, we ask in this chapter how best to respond.
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Lee, S. (2018). Issues of Aging and Age Dependency in Post-industrial Societies. In: Poston, Jr., D. (eds) Low Fertility Regimes and Demographic and Societal Change. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64061-7_6
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