2. Household Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Choice, Chance, and Wealth Dispersion at Retirement 25
6. 2. Household Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle 65
7. 3. The Social Security System and the Demand for Personal Annuity and Life Insurance: An Analysis of Japanese Microdata, 1990 and 1994 105
8. 4. An Empirical Investigation of Intergenerational Consumption Distribution: A Comparison among Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom 135
9. 5. The Third Wave in Health Care Reform 169
10. 6. Concentration and Persistence of Health Care Costs for the Aged 187
11. 7. The Effects of Demographic Change on Health and Medical Expenditures: A Simulation Analysis 223
12. 8. Choice among Employer-Provided Insurance Plans 249
13. 9. Employees’ Pension Benefits and the Labor Supply of Older Japanese Workers, 1980s–1990s 273
14. 10. The Motivations for Business Retirement Policies 307
15. 11. Promotion, Incentives, and Wages 335
16. 12. What Went Wrong with the 1991–92 Official Population Projection of Japan? 361
17. Contributors 403
18. Author Index 405
19. Subject Index 407