NTU Sociology Seminar Series | Population Ageing and Technological Innovation | 23 August 2024, 10.30 am | Prof Ke Shen

Sociology Programme, School of Social Sciences

NTU Seminar Series AY24/25: Population Ageing and Technological Innovation

Date & Time: Friday, 23 August 2024 | 10.30 am – 12.00 pm SGT
Venue: SHHK Building, Meeting Room 6 (HSS-04-95)
Registration:
- In-person attendance only
- Box lunch will be provided for registered in-person attendees.

Overview: China's rapid population ageing, driven by a significant decline in fertility and increased life expectancy over the past fifty years, has profoundly impacted the economy, while the country is far from reaching a consensus on how population ageing influences technological innovation, the fundamental driver of economic growth. This seminar will discuss a study examining data from China's prefecture-level cities in 2000, 2010, and 2020, exploring the spatial effects of population ageing on technological innovation, and the heterogeneous impacts of ageing on innovation at different stages of socioeconomic development. Using the spatial Durbin model research, the findings reveal an inverted U-shaped relationship between local ageing and innovation, and a U-shaped relationship with neighbouring regions.

Speaker:
Professor Ke Shen is Professor of demography and Deputy Dean of School of Social Development and Public Policy at Fudan University. Her research interests include population ageing, intergenerational inequality, and population policy. She has introduced and extended the National Transfer Accounts method in the study of population ageing in China, which deepens the understanding of economic potential and fiscal sustainability in fast-ageing societies. Her publications have appeared in important venues, such as Population and Development Review Demography, Demographic Research, and the Journal of Economics of Ageing.

Support:
This seminar is supported by the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation.