Author Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Aging and Labor Force Participation: A Review of Trends and Explanations 7
6. 2. Social Security Benefits and the Labor Supply of the Elderly in Japan 43
7. 3. The Economic Status of the Elderly in the United States 63
8. 4. Household Asset- and Wealthholdings in Japan 85
9. 5. Problems of Housing the Elderly in the United States and Japan 109
10. 6. The Cost of Aging: Public Finance Perspectives for Japan 139
11. 7. Financing Health Care for Elderly Americans in the 1990s 175
12. Contributors 195
13. Author Index 197
14. Subject Index 201