Aging in the United States and Japan : economic trends / edited by Yukio Noguchi and David A. Wise.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Noguchi, Yukio, 1940-

Wise, David A.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Nihon Keizai Kenkyū Sentā.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--United States--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Older people.

Older people--Japan--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Older people--United States--Social conditions--Congresses.

Older people--Japan--Social conditions--Congresses.

Older people--Housing--United States--Congresses.

Older people--Housing--Japan--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1990's, 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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Aging and Labor Force Participation: A Review of Trends and Explanations

2. Social Security Benefits and the Labor Supply of the Elderly in Japan

3. The Economic Status of the Elderly in the United States

4. Household Asset- and Wealth holdings in Japan

5. Problems of Housing the Elderly in the United States and Japan

6. The Cost of Aging: Public Finance Perspectives for Japan

7. Financing Health Care for Elderly Americans in the 1990's

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9786611431044

9781281431042

1281431044

9780226590219

0226590216

OCLC:

476227747