China's economic growth prospects : from demographic dividend to reform dividend / Cai Fang (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) ; with editorial assistance from Ms. Virginia L. Conn ; in association with the Social Sciences Academic Press.

"In association with the Social Sciences Academic Press."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this book Cai Fang explores the contribution of demographic transition to economic growth in China’s reform period, depicts the population factors causing the economic slowdown since the second decade of the twenty-first century, analyses the challenges facing its long-term sustainability when the demographic dividend is disappearing, and proposes important policy remedies. He suggests that in order to avoid the middle-income trap, China's economic growth has to transform from an inputs-driven pattern to a productivity-driven pattern, which requires eliminating several institutional obstacles