Ageing in China: What Does It Mean for the Job Market?

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the effect of ageing population in China on labour market. The delay in releasing 2020 census data in China once again drew world’s attention to the ageing population in China: the births have fallen to their lowest level since the 1960s. The relaxation of one-child child policy seems to have little impact to reverse the declining birth rate starting in the 2010s. Rising longevity have made China - the most populous country in the world- fast becoming an ageing society. Within a few decades, it will become the country with the largest ageing population in the world.
This book adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to explore the effects of ageing population on labour market at three levels: Macro, organizational and individual levels. Population ageing in China is of interest to researchers, practitioners and policy makers across the world. Population ageing has profound effects on various parts of the society, and this book will focus on the labour market, aiming at producing a comprehensive picture of how population ageing affecting the composition of workforce and the way people work from the perspective of individuals, organization and society as a whole. This book examines China’s population ageing through the lens of economics, management and sociology, in order to produce a comprehensive understanding of this issue. This book includes cutting-edge research and most up-to-date statistics for arguably China’s most important social change for the next few decades.
This book encases high quality research on China’s ageing population and is expected to the reliable source of information for future research and policy development. This book presents a collection of chapters examining the impact of population ageing at three levels in order to provide a holistic view of this matter and allow readers to choose the topic that meet their interests.

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.