Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies / edited by Koichi Hamada and Hiromi Kato.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamada, Kōichi, 1936-

Katō, Hiromi, 1947-2012.

Series:

ESRI studies series on ageing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Economic aspects.

Age distribution (Demography)--Economic aspects.

Age distribution (Demography).

Population.

Japan--Population--Economic aspects.

Japan.

Age distribution (Demography)--Economic aspects--Japan.

Aging--Economic aspects--Japan.

Aging.

Labor market--Japan.

Labor market.

Physical Description:

xxv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2007]

Contents:

Aging and employment in Japan / Yuji Genda, Hiroshi Teruyama, Souichi Ohta, Ryo Kambayashi, Mamiko Ishihara

Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor supply of the elderly and females / Hirotsugu Sakai and Hitoshi Asaoka

Labor force aging and economic growth in Japan / Masaya Sakuragawa and Tatsuji Makino

Aging and elderly care in an open economy / Koichi Hamada and Lakshmi K. Raut

Immigration vs. foreign investment to ease the aging problems of an aging open economy / Lakshmi K. Raut

Aging society and the choice of Japan : migration, FDI, and trade liberalization / Junichi Goto

Retirement in non-cooperative and cooperative families / Erik Hernæs, Zhiyang Jia, and Steinar Strøm.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1845428498

9781845428495

OCLC:

67240320