Challenges for the Future of Chinese Economic Growth
Author:
Jane HaltmaierPublisher:
DIANE Publishing CompanyPublication Date:
04-29-2013ISBN:
9781457845338Pages:
32Subjects:
EconomicsAvailable as:
Paperback, 9781457845338Description:
The Chinese economy has been growing at a rapid pace for over thirty years. Most of this growth has come from higher labor productivity, while growth of employment has diminished along with a slower rate of increase in the working-age population. This study looks at the challenges that China will face over the next two decades in maintaining its rapid pace of economic growth, especially as working-age population growth slows further and then begins to decline. Key questions include whether China will be able to continue to devote nearly half of its GDP to investment, whether such investment will become less productive as the capital-labor ratio continues to rise, whether labor participation and employment rates will fall as the population becomes less rural, and whether future shifts out of rural employment will go more toward the services rather than the manufacturing sector, where productivity is higher. In the baseline scenario economic growth falls gradually from its current pace of about 10% to near 6½% by 2030. However, less optimistic but still reasonable assumptions result in a reduction in the growth rate to about 1½% by 2030. Figures and tables. This is a print on demand report.
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