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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458485103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1994
• ISBN: 1-281-43104-4; 9786611431044; 0-226-59021-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Collana: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
• Altri autori (Persone): NoguchiYukio <1940->; WiseDavid A
• Disciplina: 305.26/0952
• Soggetti: Older people - United States - Economic conditions; Older people - Japan - Economic conditions; Older people - United States - Social conditions; Older people - Japan - Social conditions; Older people - Housing - United States; Older people - Housing - Japan; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers presented at a conference in Tokyo sponsored jointly by the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.