Publisher Summary This chapter explores the ways in which changing the age structure of
the population in the macroeconomic models affects variables, such as consumption …

The goal of this study is to improve our understanding of how changes in population age
structure are influencing national economies. Until recently changes in age structure were …

This paper develops a model to examine the macroeconomic implications of population
aging. Using a general equilibrium framework, the analysis examines the various channels …

Inevitable population aging and slower population growth will affect the economies of all
nations in ways influenced by cultural values, institutional arrangements, and economic …

Across the developed world, generous welfare state programs for the elderly, together with
projected doublings or more in the proportion old, have led to political struggles that …

The human life-cycle has two stages of dependency—childhood and old age—separated by
a long stage of surplus production. Dependent age groups are sustained by flows of …

In this paper I explore the quantitative implications for savings of population aging. In doing
so, I pay particular attention to some features that have been partially over-looked in the …

'While there already exists a crowded body of publications addressing the effect of an aging
population on the economy, this monograph is most outstanding in presenting a global, in …

In this volume, economists discuss the long-run consequences of aging societies. Using
theoretical economic models, long-term projections and simulations, and econometric …

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Volume 1B provides the economic
literature on aging and associated subjects, presenting comprehensive portraits of both …