The economic effects of aging in the United States and Japan /:

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 cult...

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Weitere Verfasser: Hurd, Michael D., Yashiro, Naohiro, 1946-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Schriftenreihe:Conference report (National Bureau of Economic Research)
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 362 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780226361024
0226361020
9780226361000
0226361004

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