Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Demography and Macroeconomic Impact of Aging
6. 1. Projection of Japanese Public Pension Costs in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century and the Effects of Three Possible Reforms 11
7. 2. The Effects of Demographic Trends on Consumption, Saving, and Government Expenditures in the United States 39
8. 3. Population Aging and the Saving s-Investment Balance in Japan 59
9. 4. The Economic Position of the Elderly in Japan 89
10. II. Aging and Asset Markets
11. 5. The Consequences of Population Aging for Private Pension Fund Saving and Asset Markets 111
12. 6. The Effects of Aging on National Saving and Asset Accumulation in Japan 131
13. 7. The Impact of Demographics on Housing and Nonhousing Wealth in the United States 153
14. 8. Improvement of After- Retirement Income by Home Equity Conversion Mortgages: Possibility and Problems in Japan 195
15. III. Aging, Household Saving, and Retirement
16. 9. The Effects of Special Saving Programs on Saving and Wealth 217
17. 10. The Economic Status of the Elderly in Japan: Microdata Findings 241
18. 11. Retirement Incentives: The Interaction between Employer-Provided Pensions, Social Security, and Retiree Health Benefits 261
19. 12. Labor Market Implications of Social Security: Company Pension Plans, Public Pensions, and Retirement Behavior of the Elderly in Japan 295
20. IV. Public Pension Reform
21. 13. Changing Social Security Survivorship Benefits and the Poverty of Widows 319
22. 14. The Net Pension Debt of the Japanese Government 333
23. Contributors 353
24. Author Index 355
25. Subject Index 357