The sustainability of China’s Urban Employees’ Pension Programme: A case of getting old before getting rich?

This article examines the sustainability of China’s Urban Employees’ Pension Programme – the main component in China’s overall old‐age support system. It looks at the sustainability of the programme generally and, in particular, at case studies of two areas (Tianjin municipality and Guangxi province) to highlight both the extent of regional variations and the common challenges facing Chinese policy‐makers. It discusses a number of key issues that should assist policy‐makers to address the challenge of population ageing. It concludes that the challenge facing China is no more severe than that already faced by other countries in Europe and Asia. Moreover, the ageing of the population is not uniform across the regions of China. Consequently, those areas where the demographic shift is more advanced will provide some opportunity for policy experimentation. Given the experience to date of slow progress on various aspects of pension policy reform, the article suggests that it seems unlikely that paradigmatic change will be significant. Nonetheless, the study suggests a range of parametric policy measures that China should consider. The challenge facing China’s policy‐makers is to ensure that China gets old and rich at the same time.     

Quality of Life in a City: The Effect of Population Density

There exist a number of concepts andoperational definitions of quality of life. Inthe present study the aim has been to develop acomprehensive, global index of quality of life,and relate the sub-indexes and global index tovarious socio-demographic variables, somatichealth and density of population in theresidential area. The sample consisted of 2066individuals between 18 and 65 years old fromthe common population. Seven sub-indexes weredeveloped. They constituted one factor withmoderate intercorrelations between thesub-indexes. Good somatic health, living in astable relationship with a partner, preferablymarried, in a less densely populated area,having a good education, a good income andbeing a younger female were the independentstatistical determinants of global quality oflife. However, various sub-indexes were relatedto different socio-demographic variables. Agewas oppositely related to differentsub-indexes. The study shows the importance ofwhat type of quality of life is investigated.To our knowledge, this is the first study ofthe effect of population density on quality oflife.     

青岛市人口发展研究

人口是生产力的构成要素和体现生产关系的生命实体,人口对经济运动过程具有十分重要的影响,它可以加速或延缓经济发展.同时,经济对人口也有制约作用.本文通过对青岛市人口现状的分析,得出了青岛市目前人口发展的特征,最后提出了青岛市人口发展的对策建议.     

制度与马尔萨斯的制度观——重读《人口原理》

制度创新的实践 ,新制度学派的繁荣 ,使制度问题成为当前的热点。从制度的视角解读《人口原理》 ,通过考察制度、经济发展和人口增长三者的内在关系阐述马尔萨斯的制度观 ,并采用理论分析和现实检验的方法探讨和评价制度及制度变迁在经济发展和人口增长等方面的作用 ,得出了制度是人口法则的克星等重要结论和启示     

河南省人口现代化探析

本文结合了有关衡量人口现代化的主要指标,分析了河南省的人口现代化的差距,同时提出了建议。     

20世纪90年代我国婚育模式的初步分析

20世纪90年代以来,中国女性人口的平均初婚年龄平稳缓慢上升,育龄妇女平均初育年龄在波动中小幅度上升,已婚育龄妇女的平均初婚初育间隔呈波动式扩大。     

各国社会医疗救助制度及其对建立我国城市贫困人口社会医疗救助的启示

社会医疗救助是医疗保障体系的重要组成部分。本文描述了新加坡、加拿大、英国和美国等国家社会医疗救助的特点,分析建立我国城市贫困人口社会医疗救助制度的意义,并对覆盖对象、资金来源以及保障项目与水平等作出思考。     

中国大城市人口居住郊区化现状、问题与对策

人口居住郊区化对城市发展具有有利与不利两方面的影响,以北京、上海、广州、杭州、苏州、沈阳、大连等大城市为例,可以总结出当前我国大城市人口居住郊区化的现状特点与成因机制,中国与西方国家人口居住郊区化有同有异,为适应城市郊区化应采取一定的城市规划与管理对策。     

西藏的人口与土地资源的承载能力

中国西藏自治区虽然“地大” ,但并非人们想象的那样“物博”。随着人口的不断增加 ,特别是农牧区人口的快速增加 ,西藏的一些自然资源也面临过渡开采和利用问题 ,这一问题在西藏草原畜牧业的发展上表现得尤为突出 ,使得西藏这一最古老的产业面临严峻的挑战。与此同时 ,作者还从多个视角提出了应对这一挑战的诸多建议     

生命原理与人口控制

平衡原理、关联原理、生命伦理是以生存原则为前提的三大生命原理.生物种群、生物量与环境容量必须保持平衡的平衡原理及平衡原理贯彻的必然性和破坏性,提供了人口控制的必然性;生物数量、体形(质量)、寿命以环境容量空-时限定为背景的相互关联,和人类作为一个"生态学悖论"的存在,表现了人口控制的紧迫性;而生命伦理,则体现了人口控制对人类和生物的道德性.