Japan experienced increases in labor force participation (LFP) of the elderly in recent years, as have other advanced … countries. In the present study, we overview the employment trend of the elderly in Japan, and examine what factors have … less physically demanding jobs have allowed the elderly to stay longer in the labor force. However, elderly employment …

This study examined the factors that affect the retirement decisions of the middle-aged and elderly in Japan, focusing … Japan--where being enrolled in the disability program is unlikely to make one a candidate for the retirement path … more stringently increase the labor supplied by the middle-aged and elderly …

low; thus, the effect on labor force participation is very limited in Japan, which is in contrast with some European …This paper utilizes historical information to explore the relationship between labor force participation of middle aged … and old people and the disability program in Japan. In particular, we explore the time series dimension to identify what …

We examine how the change in the trend of the elderly's employment rates has been associated with changes in incentives … of social security and its related programs in Japan since the 1980s. We compute the tax force to retire early, using the … institutional parameters and synthetic earnings profiles, and juxtapose the tax force measures and the elderly employment rates …

This study explores economic aspects of the market for long term care (LTC) with a special focus on Japan. First, we … describe the LTC system in Japan as presently implemented, and we highlight some aspects of the program that are novel and … of Japanese LTC utilization and costs. Finally, since Japan appears likely to experience important shortfalls in LTC in …

This paper explores the extent to which older Japanese can potentially expand the labor supply, based on two analytic … these methods underscore a large work capacity in old age in Japan. We further investigate differences in health capacity …

This study examines how elderly employment is associated with social security programs and how it responds to recent … reforms in Japan. To this end, we employed a rich and longitudinal dataset of middle-aged and older individuals collected …