Tapping Technology to Maximize the Longevity Dividend in Asia Read more about Tapping Technology to Maximize the Longevity Dividend in Asia The workforce in many Asian countries is aging and shrinking. Specific technologies could help improve the labor force participation of senior citizens or their productivity. Policies should promote the promotion and adoption of technologies, lifelong learning for seniors, and cross-border, intra-Asia mobility for workers.
Peter McDonald Keywords migration population trends and policies public policy labor economics social policy demography family and household studies Read more about Peter McDonald Peter McDonald is Emeritus Professor of Demography in the Crawford School of Public Policy. He was President of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) for the years, 2010-2013. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and an inaugural Public Policy Fellow of the ANU. He is frequently consulted on the issue of population futures (causes, consequences and policies) by governments around the world, especially in Australia, Europe and East Asia. In 2008, he was appointed as a Member in the Order of Australia.