This story highlights from Europe and Central Asia to East Asia and the Pacific, rapid aging - increased life expectancy and lower fertility rates - puts enormous pressures on societies. Aging economies need to increase women’s labor force participation to counter the shrinking working population and boost economic growth. This means redistributing the supply of informal and formal care, but also changing social norms and policies that tend to designate...
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2016/04/13
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Balancing Work and Care in Aging Societies
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labor force participation