The Economic Effects of Aging in the United States and Japan.

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Author / Creator:	Hurd, Michael D.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Description:	1 online resource (376 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report National Bureau of Economic Research project report.
Subject:	Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects -- Japan -- Congresses. Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Congresses. Older people -- Japan -- Economic conditions -- Congresses. Older people -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Congresses. Age distribution (Demography) -- Economic aspects. Older people -- Economic conditions. Japan. United States. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11347310

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Other authors / contributors:	Yashiro, Naohiro.
ISBN:	9780226361024 0226361020
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	9780226361000

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