The Economic Effects of Aging in the United States and Japan

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Preface
Introduction
Michael D. Hurd, Naohiro Yashiro.
1: Projection of Japanese Public Pension Costs in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century and the Effects of Three Possible Reforms
Seiritsu Ogura
2: The Effects of Demographic Trends on Consumption, Saving, and Government Expenditures in the United States
Michael D. Hurd
3: Population Aging and the Savings-Investment Balance in Japan
Naohiro Yashiro, Akiko Sato Oishi.
4: The Economic Position of the Elderly in Japan
Naohiro Yashiro
5: The Consequences of Population Aging for Private Pension Fund Saving and Asset Markets
Sylvester J. Schieber, John B. Shoven.
6: The Effects of Aging on National Saving and Asset Accumulation in Japan
Naoto Yamauchi
7: The Impact of Demographics on Housing and Nonhousing Wealth in the United States
Hilary W. Hoynes, Daniel L. McFadden.
8: Improvement of After-Retirement Income by Home Equity Conversion Mortgages: Possibility and Problems in Japan
Yukio Noguchi
9: The Effects of Special Saving Programs on Saving and Wealth
James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti, David A. Wise.
10: The Economic Status of the Elderly in Japan: Microdata Findings
Noriyuki Takayama
11: Retirement Incentives: The Interaction between Employer-Provided Pensions, Social Security, and Retiree Health Benefits
Robin L. Lumsdaine, James H. Stock, David A. Wise.
12: Labor Market Implications of Social Security: Company Pension Plans, Public Pensions, and Retirement Behavior of the Elderly in Japan
Atsushi Seike
13: Changing Social Security Survivorship Benefits and the Poverty of Widows
Michael D. Hurd, David A. Wise.
14: The Net Pension Debt of the Japanese Government
Tatsuo Hatta, Noriyoshi Oguchi.
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index