The Economic Effects of Aging in the United States and Japan

Michael D. Hurd, Naohiro Yashiro (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

372 Seiten

1997
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-36100-0 (ISBN)

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Due to falling fertility rates, the ageing of the baby-boom cohort, and increases in life expectancy, the percentage of the population that is elderly is expected to increase rapidly in the United States and Japan over the first two decades of the 21st century. The 14 essays in this volume seek to show that, despite differences in culture and social and government structure, population ageing will have many similar macro and micro effects on the economic status and behaviour of the elderly in both countries. The most obvious effects will be on social programmes such as public pension systems and the provision for medical needs of the elderly. However, the contributors assert that ageing will also affect markets for labour, capital, housing, and health care services as well as firms through their participation in the demand side of the labour market and through their provisions for pensions.

Naohiro Yashiro is professor of economics at the International Christian University and former president of the Japan Center for Economic Research.

Preface Introduction Michael D. Hurd, Naohiro Yashiro. 1: Projection of Japanese Public Pension Costs in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century and the Effects of Three Possible Reforms Seiritsu Ogura 2: The Effects of Demographic Trends on Consumption, Saving, and Government Expenditures in the United States Michael D. Hurd 3: Population Aging and the Savings-Investment Balance in Japan Naohiro Yashiro, Akiko Sato Oishi. 4: The Economic Position of the Elderly in Japan Naohiro Yashiro 5: The Consequences of Population Aging for Private Pension Fund Saving and Asset Markets Sylvester J. Schieber, John B. Shoven. 6: The Effects of Aging on National Saving and Asset Accumulation in Japan Naoto Yamauchi 7: The Impact of Demographics on Housing and Nonhousing Wealth in the United States Hilary W. Hoynes, Daniel L. McFadden. 8: Improvement of After-Retirement Income by Home Equity Conversion Mortgages: Possibility and Problems in Japan Yukio Noguchi 9: The Effects of Special Saving Programs on Saving and Wealth James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise. 10: The Economic Status of the Elderly in Japan: Microdata Findings Noriyuki Takayama 11: Retirement Incentives: The Interaction between Employer-Provided Pensions, Social Security, and Retiree Health Benefits Robin L. Lumsdaine, James H. Stock, David A. Wise. 12: Labor Market Implications of Social Security: Company Pension Plans, Public Pensions, and Retirement Behavior of the Elderly in Japan Atsushi Seike 13: Changing Social Security Survivorship Benefits and the Poverty of Widows Michael D. Hurd, David A. Wise. 14: The Net Pension Debt of the Japanese Government Tatsuo Hatta, Noriyoshi Oguchi. Contributors Author Index Subject Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.4.1997
Reihe/Serie	National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report
Sprache	englisch
Maße	16 x 23 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
ISBN-10	0-226-36100-4 / 0226361004
ISBN-13	978-0-226-36100-0 / 9780226361000
Zustand	Neuware