Aging in the United States and Japan : economic trends /
Aging in the United States and Japan : economic trends /
edited by Yukio Noguchi and David A. Wise.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
- 1 online resource (viii, 203 pages) : illustrations
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- A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report .
- National Bureau of Economic Research conference report. .
Papers presented at a conference in Tokyo sponsored jointly by the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Aging and labor force participation : a review of trends and explanations / Robin L. Lumsdaine and David A. Wise -- Social Security benefits and the labor supply of the elderly in Japan / Atsushi Seike and Haruo Shimada -- The economic status of the elderly in the United States / Michael D. Hurd -- Household asset- and wealthholdings in Japan / Noriyuki Takayama -- Problems of housing the elderly in the United States and Japan / Daniel L. McFadden -- The cost of aging : public finance perspectives for Japan / Seiritsu Ogura -- Financing health care for elderly Americans in the 1990s / Alan M. Garber.
Japanese and American economists assess the present economic status of the elderly in the United States and Japan, and consider the impact of an aging population on the economies of the two countries. With essays on labor force participation and retirement, housing equity and the economic status of the elderly, budget implications of an aging population, and financing social security and health care in the 1990s, this volume covers a broad spectrum of issues related to the economics of aging. Among the book's findings are that workers are retiring at an increasingly earlier age in both countri.
9780226590219 (electronic bk.) 0226590216 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper)
Older people--Economic conditions--United States--Congresses.
Older people--Economic conditions--Japan--Congresses.
Older people--Social conditions--United States--Congresses.
Older people--Social conditions--Japan--Congresses.
Older people--Housing--United States--Congresses.
Older people--Housing--Japan--Congresses.
Personnes âgées--Conditions économiques--États-Unis--Congrès.
Personnes âgées--Conditions économiques--Japon--Congrès.
Personnes âgées--Conditions sociales--États-Unis--Congrès.
Personnes âgées--Conditions sociales--Japon--Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Aging.
Older people--Economic conditions.
Older people--Housing.
Older people--Social conditions.
Veroudering (demografie)
Huisvesting.
Pensioen.
Japan.
United States.
Old persons United States Japan
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
HQ1064.U5 / A63474 1994eb
305.26/0952
Papers presented at a conference in Tokyo sponsored jointly by the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Aging and labor force participation : a review of trends and explanations / Robin L. Lumsdaine and David A. Wise -- Social Security benefits and the labor supply of the elderly in Japan / Atsushi Seike and Haruo Shimada -- The economic status of the elderly in the United States / Michael D. Hurd -- Household asset- and wealthholdings in Japan / Noriyuki Takayama -- Problems of housing the elderly in the United States and Japan / Daniel L. McFadden -- The cost of aging : public finance perspectives for Japan / Seiritsu Ogura -- Financing health care for elderly Americans in the 1990s / Alan M. Garber.
Japanese and American economists assess the present economic status of the elderly in the United States and Japan, and consider the impact of an aging population on the economies of the two countries. With essays on labor force participation and retirement, housing equity and the economic status of the elderly, budget implications of an aging population, and financing social security and health care in the 1990s, this volume covers a broad spectrum of issues related to the economics of aging. Among the book's findings are that workers are retiring at an increasingly earlier age in both countri.
9780226590219 (electronic bk.) 0226590216 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper)
Older people--Economic conditions--United States--Congresses.
Older people--Economic conditions--Japan--Congresses.
Older people--Social conditions--United States--Congresses.
Older people--Social conditions--Japan--Congresses.
Older people--Housing--United States--Congresses.
Older people--Housing--Japan--Congresses.
Personnes âgées--Conditions économiques--États-Unis--Congrès.
Personnes âgées--Conditions économiques--Japon--Congrès.
Personnes âgées--Conditions sociales--États-Unis--Congrès.
Personnes âgées--Conditions sociales--Japon--Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Aging.
Older people--Economic conditions.
Older people--Housing.
Older people--Social conditions.
Veroudering (demografie)
Huisvesting.
Pensioen.
Japan.
United States.
Old persons United States Japan
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
HQ1064.U5 / A63474 1994eb
305.26/0952