The Economic Impacts of Population Ageing in Japan (ESRI Studies Series on Ageing) - Hardcover

MacKellar, Landis; Ermolieva, Tatiana; Horlacher, David; Mayhew, Leslie

 
9781843763604: The Economic Impacts of Population Ageing in Japan (ESRI Studies Series on Ageing)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1843763605 ISBN 13: 9781843763604
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

Whilst all of the major industrialized countries are currently experiencing population ageing, Japan is at the forefront of this demographic trend. This important new book explores the serious economic and social challenges that a rapidly ageing Japanese economy will have to overcome in the first half of the 21st century.

Following a comprehensive review of the economics of ageing both in general and in Japan, the authors present a range of future scenarios produced using an integrated economic-demographic model. This unique model integrates demography and the macro-economy, paying special attention to pensions, health care, and long-term care. The results reveal that, even if future demographic trends are more favourable than predicted, Japan will still experience a slowdown of economic growth, reduced savings, and rising costs of pensions, health care and long-term care. However, with appropriate policy measures and rapid implementation, the authors believe that a situation in which both young and old continue to experience long-term improvements in well-being remains possible.

This book is arguably the best available English language survey on the economic implications of population trends in Japan. It will be widely read by researchers of economics, demography, public policy and public finance, and will also provide useful supplemental reading for graduate or upper undergraduate courses in economics, social policy, and Asian studies.

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About the Author

Landis MacKellar, Senior Associate and Co-Editor, Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc. New York, US, Tatiana Ermolieva, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, David Horlacher, Department of Economics, Middlebury College, Vermont, US and Leslie Mayhew, Faculty of Actuarial Science and Statistics, Cass Business School, City University, London, UK

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1843763605
ISBN 13 
9781843763604
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
264