| Aging in the United States and Japan: Economic Trends Contributor(s): Noguchi, Yukio (Editor), Wise, David a. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226590186 ISBN-13: 9780226590189 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $76.23 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: 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 countries. In addition, as the populations age, baby boomers in the United States will face diminishing financial resources as the ratio of retirees to workers sharply increases. The result of a joint venture between the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, this book complements Housing Markets in the United States and Japan (1994) by integrating research on housing markets with economic issues of the aged in the United States and Japan. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gerontology - Business & Economics | Development - Business Development |
| Dewey: 305.260 |
| LCCN: 94014101 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.32" W x 9.28" (1.06 lbs) 214 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 countries and that, as the populations age, baby boomers in the United States will face diminishing financial resources as the ratio of retirees to workers sharply increases. The result of a joint venture between the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, this book complements Housing Markets in the United States and Japan (1994) by integrating research on housing markets with economic issues of the aged in the United States and Japan. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wise, David A.: - David A. Wise is the John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy emeritus at Harvard Kennedy School and a research associate of the NBER. |