Aging in the United States and Japan
Economic Trends

- Contents

Introduction 1
Yukio Noguchi, David A. Wise.
1: Aging and Labor Force Participation: A Review of Trends and Explanations 7
Robin L. Lumsdaine, David A. Wise.
2: Social Security Benefits and the Labor Supply of the Elderly in Japan 43
Atsushi Seike, Haruo Shimada.
3: The Economic Status of the Elderly in the United States 63
Michael D. Hurd
4: Household Asset- and Wealthholdings in Japan 85
Noriyuki Takayama
5: Problems of Housing the Elderly in the United States and Japan 109
Daniel L. McFadden
6: The Cost of Aging: Public Finance Perspectives for Japan 139
Seiritsu Ogura
7: Financing Health Care for Elderly Americans in the 1990s 175
Alan M. Garber
Contributors 195
Author Index 197
Subject Index 201
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