In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of … that this model is highly applicable in the case of Japan. -- Saving ; dissaving ; consumption ; aged ; elderly …

In this paper, I survey the previous literature on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan and then present some … survey data on the saving behavior of the aged in Japan that became available recently. To summarize the main findings of … the case of Japan. -- Age structure of the population ; aged ; aging ; consumption ; dissaving ; elderly ; households …

In this paper, I summarize Albert Ando’s seminal and ingenious work on the saving behavior of the elderly in Japan and … that the retired elderly in Japan dissave, in accordance with the life cycle hypothesis of saving, and that all of the … available data and evidence suggest that the life cycle hypothesis of saving is highly applicable in the case of Japan. …