Ageing in China

Dr. Xin Deng is a Senior Lecturer in Economics in UniSA Business. Xin holds a PhD in Economics from Monash University, and a Master and Bachelor degree in Economics from Wuhan University in China. Her research encompasses a wide range of areas in applied economics and management. Her current research focuses on sustainable human capital development, with special attention to workforce diversity and corporate social responsibility. Xin has led projects funded by UN Women, Australian government and industrial partners to address real world problems such as promoting gender equalities in the workplace and understanding the implications of globalisation on the labour market. Dr. Kym Fraser is an adjunct researcher in the UniSA Business School at the University of South Australia, Adelaide. He retired in March 2022 from the position of Dean of the Kurdistan Business School, University of Kurdistan Hewler, in Erbil, Iraq. He continues to hold adjunct professorships at the University of Brawijaya in Indonesia, and Aalborg University in Denmark. In 2002, he became an academic after spending 25 years in industry, holding senior management positions in both government and private enterprises, specialising in service and operations management. Since becoming an academic he has published over 100 research articles in internationally refereed books, journals and conferences, and has taught a wide range of business courses at under- and post-graduate level, with specialisation in strategic management, international business, corporate finance and operations management. Prof. Jie Shen is currently a Professor of Human Resource Management at Shenzhen University, China. He was appointed as Professor or Associate Professor at University of South Australia, Monash University and Curtin University. Also, he worked as a Visiting Professor in Goettingen University, Germany, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Southwest Jiaotong University. Prof. Jie Shen has rich teaching and research experience in Human Resource Management, International Business Management, Organization Behavior and Industry Relationship Research. He was awarded the outstanding teaching and research honor issued by University of South Australia. Prof. Jie Shen is also the member of editorial board of several academic journals, such as The International Journal of Human Resource Management, Evidence-based HRM, and Journal of Chinese HRM. He has published many academic works and 7 monographs. He was on the list of world’s top 2% scientists 2020. 

ForewordChapter 1. Population Ageing in China: A Time Bomb or Opportunity for Prosperity? (Xin Deng and Kym Fraser)



Chapter 2. Mapping China’s Labour Force in 2035 through the Lens of Two Censuses (Juwei Zhang and Jing Xiang)



Chapter 3. Penalties for childbirth in China: A Review of empirical evidence (Lihua Guo  and Qianqian Ge)



Chapter 4. Impact of Female-focused HRM Practices on Workplace Outcomes in China (Xin Deng and Zhifang Wu)



Chapter 5. What drives older people in China to work? (Xin Deng, Kym Fraser and Elisa Jean Pau Jion Nor)



Chapter 6. Family Care or Work? Impact of Family Elderly Care on the Propensity to Work (Dan Li and Xi Chen)



Chapter 7. Rural Age Pensions and Rural-Urban Migration in China (Yan Tan and Alec Zuo)



Chapter 8. Informal Employment at an Older Age in China: Why Your First Job Matters (Ge Yu and Ning He)