Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging (Volume 1A-1B)

__Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging__ synthesizes the economic literature on aging and the subjects associated with it, including social insurance and healthcare costs, both of which are of interest to policymakers and academics. These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the __Handbooks in Economics__, describe and analyze scholarship created since the inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s, including information from general economics journals, from various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor markets and human resource issues, from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and from papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others. Content: CopyrightPage iv Introduction to the SeriesPage v ContributorsPages xiii-xv Editors' IntroductionPages xvii-xxJohn Piggott, Alan Woodland AcknowledgmentsPage xxi Chapter 1 - The Global Demography of Aging: Facts, Explanations, FuturePages 3-56D.E. Bloom, D.L. Luca Chapter 2 - Macroeconomics, Aging, and GrowthPages 59-118R. Lee Chapter 3 - Migration and the Demographic ShiftPages 119-177A. Zaiceva, K.F. Zimmermann Chapter 4 - Global Demographic Trends: Consumption, Saving, and International Capital FlowsPages 179-235O. Attanasio, A. Bonfatti, S. Kitao, G. Weber Chapter 5 - Insurance Markets for the ElderlyPages 237-309H. Fang Chapter 6 - Intergenerational Risk SharingPages 311-380R. Beetsma, W. Romp Chapter 7 - The Political Economy of Population AgingPages 381-444G. Casamatta, L. Batté Chapter 8 - Retirement Incentives and Labor SupplyPages 457-566R. Blundell, E. French, G. Tetlow Chapter 9 - Investing and Portfolio Allocation for RetirementPages 567-608B. Kaschützke, R. Maurer Chapter 10 - Conflict and Cooperation Within the Family, and Between the State and the Family, in the Provision of Old-Age SecurityPages 609-660A. Cigno Chapter 11 - Complex Decision Making: The Roles of Cognitive Limitations, Cognitive Decline, and AgingPages 661-709M.P. Keane, S. Thorp Chapter 12 - Taxation, Pensions, and Demographic ChangePages 713-780A. Woodland Chapter 13 - Social Security and Public InsurancePages 781-863A. Börsch-Supan, K. Härtl, D.N. Leite Chapter 14 - Workplace-Linked Pensions for an Aging DemographicPages 865-904O.S. Mitchell, J. Piggott Chapter 15 - Poverty and AgingPages 905-950J. Marchand, T. Smeeding Chapter 16 - Health and Long-Term CarePages 951-989E.C. Norton Chapter 17 - The HRS Around the World SurveysPages 993-1018L.I. Dobrescu, J.P. Smith IndexPages I-1-I-22 Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Volume 1A, provides the economic literature on aging and associated subjects, including social insurance and healthcare costs. This text explores the economic literature on aging and associated subjects, including social insurance, health care costs, the interests of policymakers, and the role of academics. As the first of two volumes, users will find it a great resource on the topics associated with the economics of aging. Together with its companion, volume 1B, this work includes literature that has appeared in general economics journals, in various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor market and human resource issues, information from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and data presented in papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others. Provides the latest economics literature on aging and its associated subjects, including the aspects of social insurance and healthcare costs Includes valuable data from a variety of general economics journals and interdisciplinary social and life science publications Critical text for policymakers and academics that describes and analyzes valuable information since the inception of the study of the science of population aging in the late 1970s

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging synthesizes the economic literature on aging and the subjects associated with it, including social insurance and healthcare costs, both of which are of interest to policymakers and academics. These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the Handbooks in Economics, describe and analyze scholarship created since the inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s, including information from general economics journals, from various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor markets and human resource issues, from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and from papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others.

• Dissolves the barriers between policymakers and scholars by presenting comprehensive portraits of social and theoretical issues
• Synthesizes valuable data on the topic from a variety of journals dating back to the late 1970s in a convenient, comprehensive resource
• Presents diverse perspectives on subjects that can be closely associated with national and regional concerns
• Offers comprehensive, critical reviews and expositions of the essential aspects of the economics of population aging

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Volume 1B provides the economic literature on aging and associated subjects, presenting comprehensive portraits of both social and theoretical issues. As the second of two volumes in this series on the economics of population aging, it continues the discussion, delving deeper into topics such as the labor market and human resource issues, gerontology, history, and the sociological and political ramifications of this fascinating topic whose inception dates back to the late 1970's. This volume includes literature that has appeared in general economics journals, in various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor market and human resource issues, information from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and data presented in papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others. Presents comprehensive portraits of social and theoretical issues that can be used by both policymakers and scholars Readers receive diverse perspectives on subjects that can be closely associated with national and regional concerns Chapters offer comprehensive, critical reviews and expositions on the essential aspects of the economics of population aging "Population aging is exerting unprecedented pressures on long-established social norms and policy institutions globally. This volume synthesizes the accumulating knowledge base around the economics of population aging by bringing together some of the world's leading economics of population aging by bringing together some of the world's leading economists to provide perspectives from their field on this issue. Covering major theoretical, empirical, and policy developments, their contributions provide original, insightful, and comprehensive overviews of the existing literature and offer suggestions for potentially important and productive future research directions. The volume aims to provide a state-of-the-art foundation upon which future research can be built"--Publisher's description Title page -- Table of Contents -- Copyright -- Introduction to the Series -- Contributors -- Editors' Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Volume 1A -- Part I: The Anatomy of Aging -- Chapter 1: The Global Demography of Aging: Facts, Explanations, Future -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Population Aging -- 3 The Demographic Transition and Population Aging -- 4 The Demographic Determinants of Population Aging -- 5 The Nature of Aging -- 6 Open Research Questions -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- Part II: Economic Impacts of Population Aging