The economics of an ageing population : macroeconomic issues / edited by Paolo Onofri.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Onofri, Paolo
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., [2004], ©2004.
Series:ESRI studies series on ageing.
Subjects:
Age distribution (Demography)
Economic development.
Pensions.
Physical Description:xxvi, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Economics of an aging population.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • I: Demographic transition and the impact on growth: the case of Japan
  • Economic growth under the demographic transition: a theory and some international evidence / Shin-ichi Fukuda and Ryoko Morozumi
  • The 1990s in Japan: a lost decade / Fumio Hayashi and Edward C. Prescott
  • Effects of information technology and ageing workforce on labor demand and technological progress in Japanese industries: 1980-1998 / Futoshi Kurokawa, Kazunori Minetaki, Kiyohiko G. Nishimura and Masato Shirai
  • Demand saturation--creation and economic growth / Masanao Aoki and Hiroshi Yoshikawa
  • II: Demographic transition and pension systems
  • Distributional impact of social security reform / Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and Claudia Sahm
  • Asset accumulation and retirement income under individual retirement accounts: evidence from five countries / Gary Burtless
  • Pension reforms, tax incentives and saving in Italy / Massimo Baldini, Paolo Bosi, Maria Cecilia Guerra, Carlo Mazzaferro and Paolo Onofri
  • III: The impact of the demographic transition on the world economy
  • Incorporating demographic change in multi-country macroeconomic models: some preliminary results / Ralph C. Bryant and Warwick J. McKibbin.