Thursday, April 30 / 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM   •   Sapphire 411 B

Session 20:
Economics of Aging in Low and Middle Income Countries

Discussant: David Canning, Harvard University
Chair: Joshua M. Schrock, University of Oregon

  1. Vulnerability of Young and Old People: Is Remittances Trend Sustainable in SenegalLatif Dramani, Université de Thiès ; Dieynaba Sakho, CEPOD - Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances

  2. Building Social Safety Net in a Transitional Society: Inequalities in Public Transfers in ChinaKe Shen, Fudan University ; Feng Wang, University of California, Irvine

  3. Is Financial Literacy a Factor in Shaping Well-Being of Elderly? Evidence from Urban IndiaKshipra Jain, University of Rajasthan

  4. Policy Options to Respond to the Economic Challenges of Aging Populations and Their Potential Impact on the Care EconomyGretchen Donehower, University of California, Berkeley ; Paulo M. Saad, United Nations ; Tim Miller, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

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