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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.
This unique book contains novel and in-depth research regarding
economic development in Japan. The authors examine economic
development in Japan from both theoretical and empirical
perspectives. Using general equilibrium growth accounting and the
overlapping generations model, they analyze the relationships
between population, agriculture and the economy. The research
results are unprecedented and show the effects of increased adult
longevity on national savings and the effects of demographic change
on the industrial structure; the push-pull effects of technical
change in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors and the
positive effects of population on technical change and economic
development.
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