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Population change, labor markets, and sustainable growth : towards a new economic paradigm /

Other Authors: Mason, Andrew,, Yamaguchi, Mitoshi,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2007.
Series:Contributions to economic analysis, 281
Subjects:
Labor market > Asia
Sustainable development > Asia
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Economic history.
Labor market.
Population.
Asia > Population
Asia > Economic conditions
Asia.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 Evolution of Recent Economic-Demographic Modeling: A Synthesis
  • 2.1. Productivity and translations as an organizing framework
  • 2.2. Expanding the theory: Elaborating the roles of population
  • 2.3. Toward an empirical rendering of population and growth
  • 2.4. Population matters: But how, and by how much?
  • 2.5. Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Chapter 3 A Century of Demographic Change and Economic Growth: The Asian Experience in Regional and Temporal Perspective
  • 3.1. Modeling population in development
  • 3.2. A Return to basics: Saving, investment, and capital flows
  • Appendix: Robustness experiments and future directions for modeling the impact of dependency on savings and investment
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Demographic Dividends: The Past, the Present, and the Future
  • 4.1. Two demographic dividends
  • 4.2. The second demographic dividend
  • 4.3. Combining the first and second dividends
  • 4.4. Final remarks and qualifications
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Demographic Change and Regional Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of Japan and China
  • 5.1. Model and Data
  • 5.2. Results
  • 5.3. Conclusion
  • Appendix 5.1
  • Appendix 5.2
  • References
  • Chapter 6 Job Opportunities for Older Workers: When Are Jobs Filled with External Hires?
  • 6.1. The literature
  • 6.2. Theory and hypotheses
  • 6.3. The data
  • 6.4. Multivariate results
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Skills, Wages, and the Employment of Older Workers
  • 7.1. Theoretical considerations
  • 7.2. Skill profiles, occupational groups, and employment indices of older workers
  • 7.3. Slopes of the wage profile and wage differentials
  • 7.3. Displacement effects of older workers on new school leavers
  • 7.4. Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8 Work-Life Balance Measures and Gender Division of Labor
  • 8.1. Work-life balance meaures in Japan
  • 8.2. Theoretical discussion
  • 8.3. Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 9 Optimal Education Policies Under an Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off
  • 9.1. Theoretical analysis
  • 9.2. Numerical simulations
  • 9.3. Extension: Public education plus income redistribution
  • 9.4. Summary and Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 10 Why Are Japanese Refusing to Pay the National Pension Tax? A Simultaneous Equation Analysis
  • 10.1. Hypotheses
  • 10.2. Estimation results for 47 prefectures
  • 10.3. Estimation results for the seven regions of Japan
  • 10.4. Conclusion
  • Appendix 10.1
  • Appendix 10.2
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • Last Page.

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