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Online-Ressource (376 p.)
ISBN:
9780226361000
Series Statement:
NBER-Project Report
Content:
Due to falling fertility rates, the aging of the baby-boom cohort, and increases in life expectancy, the percentage of the population that is elderly is expected to increase rapidly in the United States and Japan over the next two decades. These fourteen essays show that, despite differences in culture and social and government structure, population aging will have many similar macro and micro effects on the economic status and behavior of the elderly in both countries. The most obvious effects will be on social programs such as public pension systems and the provision for medical needs of the
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The Economic Effects of Aging in the United States and Japan; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. Demography and Macroeconomic Impact of Aging; II. Aging and Asset Markets; III. Aging, Household Saving, and Retirement; IV. Public Pension Reform; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226361024
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226361000
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Economic Effects of Aging in the United States and Japan
Language:
English
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Author information:
Hurd, Michael D.
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