Aging Issues in the United States and Japan

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Preface

Introduction

1. Choice, Chance, and Wealth Dispersion
at Retirement

2. Household Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle

3. The Social Security System and the Demand
of Personal Annuity and Life Insurance:
An Analysis of Japanese Microdata, 1990 and 1995

4. An Empirical Invesitigation of Intergenerational
Consumption Distribution: A Comparison
among Japan, the United States, and
the United Kingdom

5. The Third Wave in Health Care Reform

6. Concentration and Persistence of Health
Care Costs for the Aged

7. The Effects of Demographic Change
on Health and Medical Expenditures:
A Simulation Analysis

8. Choice among Employer-Provided Insurance Plans

9. Employees' Pension Benefits and the Labor Supply
of Older Japanese Workers, 1980s-1990s

10. The Motivations for Business Retirment Policies

11. Promotion, Incentives, and Wages

12. What Went Wrong with the 1991-92 Official
Population Projection of Japan?

Contributors
Authors Index
Subject Index