Population change, labor markets, and sustainable growth : towards a new economic paradigm
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Population change, labor markets, and sustainable growth : towards a new economic paradigm
(Contributions to economic analysis, 281)
Elsevier, 2007
Available at 42 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Birth rates are dropping to ever-lower levels around the world. Populations are growing more slowly and, in some cases, beginning to decline. Rapid population aging has begun in the West and parts of Asia and is just over the horizon elsewhere. The demographic changes, their economic implications, and possible policy responses are the subject matter of this volume. What will be the effects on economic performance? How can couples be encouraged to marry and have children? Can educational reform lead to a more productive young labor force helping to offset their meager numbers? Can labor market reform extend the work life of older workers without damaging the interests of others? How should the social safety net that supports the elderly evolve in ways that are both fair and sustainable? The papers in this volume draw on international experience to address these issues, but emphasize the experience of Japan the country with the world's oldest population. It includes contributors such as: Noriko Aoki, Akira Kawaguchi, Allen Kelley, Wei Huang, Robert Hutchens, Tomoko Kinugasa, Andrew Mason, Naoki Mitani, Takashi Oshio, Robert Schmidt, and Mitoshi Yamaguchi.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction Andrew Mason and Mitoshi Yamaguchi 2. Evolution of Recent Economic-Demographic Modeling: A Synthesis Allen C. Kelley and Robert M. Schmidt 3. A Century of Demographic Change and Economic Growth: The Asian Experience in Regional and Temporal Perspective Allen C. Kelley and Robert M. Schmidt 4. Demographic Dividends: The Past, the Present, and the Future Andrew Mason 5. Demographic Change and Regional Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Japan and China Tomoko Kinugasa, Wei Huang, and Mitoshi Yamaguchi 6. Job Opportunities for Older Workers: When Are Jobs Filled with External Hires? Robert Hutchens 7. Skills, Wages, and the Employment of Older Workers Naoki Mitani 8. Work-Life Balance Measures and Gender Division of Labor Akira Kawaguchi 9. Optimal Education Policies under an Equity-Efficiency Trade-off Takashi Oshio 10. Why Are Japanese Refusing to Pay the National Pension Tax?: A Simultaneous Equation Analysis Mitoshi Yamaguchi and Noriko Aoki The Authors
by "Nielsen BookData"