Searching for a New Silver Age in Russia : The Drivers and Impacts of Population Aging, Overview Report

Russia’s population is expected to age significantly over the next few decades. The coming decline in Russia’s working-age population will pose serious social and economic challenges, but it can also open up opportunities. Without adequate adjustme...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	LIVING STANDARDS UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION IMPACT OF POPULATION SOCIAL NORMS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WORKFORCE ECONOMIC GROWTH OLDER MEN FORMAL EDUCATION IMPACT OF POLICIES WORKING-AGE POPULATION OLD AGE CARE FOR CHILDREN LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE SKILLED WORKERS MIGRATION POLICY SPOUSE POLICY FRAMEWORK FIRST CHILD FAMILY SUPPORT LIVE BIRTHS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION FERTILITY PATTERNS HEALTH CARE GENDER EQUITY BIRTH CONTROL ADULT EDUCATION TEACHING MATERIALS YOUNG MOTHERS ADULT POPULATION HEALTH RISKS FUTURE GENERATIONS VULNERABILITY POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OLD-AGE HOSPITAL INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION PUBLIC HEALTH LIFE EXPECTANCY SPOUSES SOCIAL TENSIONS ADULT HEALTH KNOWLEDGE PUBLIC POLICY LABOR MARKET MATERNITY LEAVE FAMILY POLICIES NEWBORNS DISEASES GENDER GAP TRAINING GENDER STEREOTYPES POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION DIVISION FERTILITY RATES INCOME INEQUALITY FAMILY SIZE EFFECTS OF POPULATION COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS MIGRATION FERTILITY RATE ADOPTION HEALTH CARE SERVICES LONGER LIVES POLICIES ON LONG-TERM POOR HEALTH HOUSEHOLD INCOME VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL SECURITY DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS OLD- AGE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION LABOUR MARKETS STATE UNIVERSITY NATURAL RESOURCES CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE MIGRANTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT CHILD CARE ELDERLY CANCER PROGRESS INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS MARKET ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT EDUCATED MOTHERS DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION HUMAN CAPITAL INFANT MIGRANT OLDER PEOPLE POLICIES LABOR CODE SOCIAL SERVICES INSURANCE SCHEMES OLD MEN OLDER AGE GROUPS WOMAN PENSIONS LIFELONG LEARNING VULNERABLE GROUPS SINGLE CHILD MARRIED COUPLES MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE LABOUR MARKET FAMILY INCOME LONG-TERM CARE PUBLIC AWARENESS IMPACTS OF POPULATION SOCIAL SCIENCE EARLY CHILDHOOD JOB CREATION ENHANCING WOMEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MIGRANT WORKERS NUTRITION MOTHER YOUNG CHILDREN ELDERLY PEOPLE CHILDBEARING POLICY OLDER WOMEN CITIZENS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPRODUCTIVE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS LIFESTYLES LARGE FAMILIES SOCIAL POLICIES RISK FACTORS ECONOMIC INEQUALITY NUMBER OF WORKERS NUMBER OF WOMEN SEX FIRST BIRTH DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES GOVERNMENT POLICIES PREGNANT WOMEN NATURAL GAS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN LEVEL OF EDUCATION WORKING CONDITIONS WAR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES PARENTAL LEAVE NATURAL RESOURCE NUMBER OF BIRTHS POPULATION PROJECTIONS NUMBER OF CHILDREN DISABILITY YOUNG PEOPLE POPULATION STUDENTS QUALITY ASSURANCE GROSS NATIONAL INCOME LOW FERTILITY PRIMARY EDUCATION FERTILITY OLDER ADULTS WOMEN NEWBORN LABOR MARKETS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS SECONDARY EDUCATION SOCIAL WORKERS HEALTH SERVICES SOCIAL MOBILITY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ABORTION GENDER EQUALITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25022364/searching-new-silver-age-russia-drivers-impacts-population-aging-overview-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22611

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Summary:	Russia’s population is expected to age significantly over the next few decades. The coming decline in Russia’s working-age population will pose serious social and economic challenges, but it can also open up opportunities. Without adequate adjustments of policies and behaviors, an aging population can impair national growth and fiscal sustainability. These pessimistic forecasts, however, are based on the unrealistic assumption that individuals and government policy will not change. Achieving healthy, active, and prosperous aging will require policy changes across a host of areas. Policies to support women can both limit population aging and increase labor force participation. Changes in behavior and policy can greatly mitigate the impact of aging on growth and fiscal sustainability. Promoting adult education and better age-management human resources policies at the firm level is essential to improve the employment prospects for older workers and raise productivity across the age spectrum. This volume presents research from the World Bank on the impact of demographic trends in Russia. The first section focuses on the macroeconomic impacts of aging and considers how aging has affected gross domestic product (GDP) growth and convergence among Russian regions since the early 1990s; it also offers alternative approaches to forecasting the relationship between aging and growth. The second section, dealing with the relationship of human development outcomes and demographics, discusses how family policies can help women have more children, and still attain greater and longer participation in the labor force. The last part addresses the role of adult education in improving Russia’s competitiveness and enabling longer and more productive working lives. A final section pulls together the main conclusions.

Searching for a New Silver Age in Russia : The Drivers and Impacts of Population Aging, Overview Report

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