Title: Aging in the United States and Japan : economic trends /
Authors: Noguchi, Yukio, 1940-; Wise, David A.; National Bureau of Economic Research.; Nihon Keizai Kenkyū Sentā.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Older people United States Economic conditions Congresses.; 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.
Abstract: "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."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Aging and labor force participation : a review of trends and explanations / Robin L. Lumsdaine and David A. Wise -- Social Security benefits and the labor supply of the elderly in Japan / Atsushi Seike and Haruo Shimada -- The economic status of the elderly in the United States / Michael D. Hurd -- Household asset- and wealthholdings in Japan / Noriyuki Takayama -- Problems of housing the elderly in the United States and Japan / Daniel L. McFadden -- The cost of aging : public finance perspectives for Japan / Seiritsu Ogura -- Financing health care for elderly Americans in the 1990s / Alan M. Garber.