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Economic Challenges Facing Japan’s Regional Areas
Hatta, Tatsuo (ed.) - 2018
This book analyzes issues related to economic challenges for Japan’s regional revitalization. Japan’s responses to such … challenges and to the problem of an aging population are of deep interest to the nations outside of Japan. This book brings … together 19 articles contributed by Japan’s leading scholars, originally prepared for an online policy information portal …
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Japan Study as a Public Good in Asia
Huang, Lin; Song, Jin-wen; Nam, Kijeong; Ng, Benjamin … - 2019
This book describes and clarifies how certain problems can be resolved in Japan and Asia. For the future, the focus … should be on Japan, which can provide "common knowledge" as a public good. The book collects the results of researchers in … Japan, China, South Korea, and Indonesia on declining birthrates and aging, rapid technological innovation and societal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011987992
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Economic Analysis of Families and Society : The Transformation of Japanese Society and Public Policies
Yamashige, Shinji - 2017
This book, based on economics and game theory, analyzes the changes that Japan is now facing as a reflection of changes … -- Part III Social Policies in Japan -- 8 Population Crisis -- 9 Poverty -- 10 Regional Disparity -- 11 Epilogue: Social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397661
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Differential Undercounts in the U.S. Census : Who is Missed?
O'Hare, William P. - 2019
This book describes the differences in US census coverage, also referred to as “differential undercount”, by showing which groups have the highest net undercounts and which groups have the greatest undercount differentials, and discusses why such undercounts occur. In addition to focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012693085
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Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism
Ayalon, Liat (ed.); Tesch-Römer, Clemens (ed.) - 2018
Ageism-Concept and Origins: Liat Ayalon & Clemens Tesch-Römer -- Ageism: The Relationship between Age Stereotypes and Age Discrimination: Peggy Voss & Klaus Rothermund -- Multiple Marginalizations Based on Age: Gendered Ageism and Beyond: Clary Krekula, Pirjo Nikander, & Monika Wilińska --...
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Essays on Housing and Pensions : A European Perspective
Mueller, Thomas - 2019
Demographic trends put a burden on EU pension provision. As the sustainability of pension systems is addressed by current pension reforms, lower benefit levels are projected. In this scenario, households may want to consider supplementing their public pension income. As their own residence is on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396063
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Economic Growth and Transition of Industrial Structure in East Asia
Kinugasa, Tomoko; Yu, Linhui; Chen, Qiang; Feng, Zhixuan - 2018
This book explores new frontiers in the research of economic growth and industrial reconstruction, analyzing economic growth and transitions in industrial structure in East Asia with a variety of data. First, the effects of demographic change on trade openness is analyzed empirically using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396956
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Modelling Aging and Migration Effects on Spatial Labor Markets
R. Stough, Roger (ed.); Kourtit, Karima (ed.);  … - 2018
The aging and migration megatrends and their impact on spatial - regional and local - labor market performance is the core theme of this book, and thus together define its scope and focus. The contributions provide an overview of key aging and migration issues in various countries together with...
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Understanding Demographic Transitions : An Overview of French Historical Statistics
Diebolt, Claude - 2017
This book studies the process of demographic transition which has played a key role in the economic development of Western countries. The special focus is on France, which constitutes the first clear case of fertility decline in Europe. The book analyzes the reasons behind this phenomenon by...
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Demography of Russia : From the Past to the Present
Karabchuk, Tatiana - 2017
This book examines the demographic development of Russia from the late Russian Empire to the contemporary Russian Federation, and includes discussions of marriage patterns, fertility, mortality, and inter-regional migration. In this pioneering study, the authors present the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397253