TY - BOOK
T1 - Older persons in Southeast Asia
T2 - An emerging asset
AU - Arifin, Evi Nurvidya
AU - Ananta, Aris
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The rapid Asian fertility transitions of the last few decades will lead to population ageing in the coming decades in one country after another. Societies can choose how they will respond to the rising share of the elderly, but there is no choice about the inevitable demographic trend. In this important volume, ably edited by Evi Nurvidya Arifin and Aris Ananta, demographers, economists, sociologists, and anthropologists analyse the implications of population ageing for family and community welfare and public policy. Most importantly, the authors emphasize the opportunities, as well as the costs of population ageing. Older persons have always been a source of unpaid family labour, and with changes in public perceptions, many healthy and productive elderly can make significant contributions to the broader community and society. --Professor Charles Hirschman, Professor of Sociology, University of Washington.
AB - The rapid Asian fertility transitions of the last few decades will lead to population ageing in the coming decades in one country after another. Societies can choose how they will respond to the rising share of the elderly, but there is no choice about the inevitable demographic trend. In this important volume, ably edited by Evi Nurvidya Arifin and Aris Ananta, demographers, economists, sociologists, and anthropologists analyse the implications of population ageing for family and community welfare and public policy. Most importantly, the authors emphasize the opportunities, as well as the costs of population ageing. Older persons have always been a source of unpaid family labour, and with changes in public perceptions, many healthy and productive elderly can make significant contributions to the broader community and society. --Professor Charles Hirschman, Professor of Sociology, University of Washington.
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M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84895027549
SN - 9789812309440
BT - Older persons in Southeast Asia
PB - Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ER -