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Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan

Cutler, David M. (contributor); Wise, David A. (ed.); … - 2006

Recent data show wide disparity between Japan and the United States in the effectiveness of their health care systems …. Japan spends close to the lowest percentage of its gross domestic product on health care among OECD countries, the United … States spends the highest, yet life expectancies in Japan are among the world’s longest. Clearly, a great deal can be learned …

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Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States

Abe, Yukiko (contributor); Chuma, Hiroyuki (contributor); … - 2003

Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, presents a selection of thirteen high-caliber papers addressing issues in … the employment practices, labor markets, and health, benefit, and pension policies of the United States and Japan. After …, fringe benefits, and drug coverage in Japan, as well as the dynamics of medical savings accounts, private insurance coverage …

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Aging in the United States and Japan : Economic Trends

Noguchi, Yukio - 2008

Japanese and American economists assess the present economic status of the elderly in the United States and Japan, and …

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Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States

Ogura, Seiritsu - 2007

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Analyses in the Economics of Aging

Börsch-Supan, Axel (contributor); Case, Anne (contributor); … - 2005

Analyses in the Economics of Aging summarizes a massive amount of new research on several popular and less-examined topics pertaining to the relationship between economics and aging. Among the many themes explored in this volume, considerable attention is given to new research on retirement...

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Perspectives on the Economics of Aging

Adams, Peter (contributor); Auerbach, Alan J. (contributor); … - 2004

This book investigates several important issues in the economics of aging, including the accumulation of wealth and the relationship between health and financial prosperity. Examining the changes in savings behavior and investment priorities in the United States over the past few decades,...

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Insights in the Economics of Aging

Armour, Philip (contributor); Banerjee, Abhijit (contributor) - 2017

The fraction of the population over age sixty-five in many developed countries is projected to rise, in some cases sharply, in coming decades. This has drawn growing interest to research on the health and economic circumstances of individuals as they age. Many individuals are retiring from paid...

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Discoveries in the Economics of Aging

Banerjee, Abhijit (contributor); Banks, James (contributor); … - 2014

The oldest members of the Baby-Boomer generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare with extensive and significant implications for these programs’ overall spending and fiscal sustainability. Yet the aging of the Baby Boomers is just one part of the...

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Investigations in the Economics of Aging

Andreyeva, Tatiana (contributor); Banks, James (contributor) - 2012

One of the most well-established relationships in the economics of aging is that between health and wealth. Yet this relationship is also changing in conjunction with a rapidly aging population as well as a broad evolution in how people live later in life. Building on findings from earlier...

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Research Findings in the Economics of Aging

Atlas, Steven J. (contributor); … - 2010

The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The social and economic effects of this shift are significant, and in Research Findings in the Economics of Aging, a group of leading researchers takes an eclectic view of the subject....

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