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Aging issues in the United States and Japan / edited by Seiritsu Ogura, Toshiaki Tachibanaki, and David A. Wise.

橘木, 俊詔, Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: National Bureau of Economic Research conference reportPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 410 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0226620832
  • 9780226620831
  • 1281125954
  • 9781281125958
  • 9786611125950
  • 6611125957
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aging issues in the United States and Japan.DDC classification:
  • 305.26/0952 21
LOC classification:
  • HQ1064.U5 A63476 2001eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Choice, chance, and wealth dispersion at retirement / Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise -- Household portfolio allocation over the life cycle / James M. Poterba and Andrew A. Samwick -- Social security system and the demand for personal annuity and the life insurance / Seki Asano -- Empirical investigation of intergenerational consumption distribution / Makoto Saito -- Third wave in health care reform / David M. Cutler -- Concentration and persistence of health care costs for the aged / Seiritsu Ogura and Reiko Suzuki -- Effects of demographic change on health and medical expenditures / Satoshi Nakanishi and Noriyoshi Nakayama -- Choice among employer-provided insurance plans / Matthew J. Eichner -- Employee's pension benefits and the labor supply of older Japanese workers, 1980s-1990s / Yukiko Abe -- Motivations for business retirement policies / Richard Woodbury -- Promotion, incentives and wages / Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Tetsuya Maruyama -- What went wrong with the 1991-92 official population projection of Japan? / Seiritsu Ogura.
Summary: The population base in both the US and Japan is growing older and, as those populations age, they provoke heretofore unexamined economic consequences. This volume explores those consequences, drawing specific attention to four key areas: incentives for early retirement; savings, wealth, and asset allocation over the life cycle; health care and health care reform; and population projections.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Choice, chance, and wealth dispersion at retirement / Steven F. Venti and David A. Wise -- Household portfolio allocation over the life cycle / James M. Poterba and Andrew A. Samwick -- Social security system and the demand for personal annuity and the life insurance / Seki Asano -- Empirical investigation of intergenerational consumption distribution / Makoto Saito -- Third wave in health care reform / David M. Cutler -- Concentration and persistence of health care costs for the aged / Seiritsu Ogura and Reiko Suzuki -- Effects of demographic change on health and medical expenditures / Satoshi Nakanishi and Noriyoshi Nakayama -- Choice among employer-provided insurance plans / Matthew J. Eichner -- Employee's pension benefits and the labor supply of older Japanese workers, 1980s-1990s / Yukiko Abe -- Motivations for business retirement policies / Richard Woodbury -- Promotion, incentives and wages / Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Tetsuya Maruyama -- What went wrong with the 1991-92 official population projection of Japan? / Seiritsu Ogura.

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The population base in both the US and Japan is growing older and, as those populations age, they provoke heretofore unexamined economic consequences. This volume explores those consequences, drawing specific attention to four key areas: incentives for early retirement; savings, wealth, and asset allocation over the life cycle; health care and health care reform; and population projections.

English.

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