Ageing in Advanced Industrial States

Introduction: Shripad Tuljapurkar, Naohiro Ogawa, and Anne Gauthier.-1: Age-Structural Transitions in Industrialized Countries: Ian Pool.- 2: On Age Structures and Mortality: Nico Keilman.-3: Long-Run Relationships in Differential U.S. Mortality Forecasts by Race and Sex: Tests for Cointegration: Lawrence Carter.- 4: Uncertain Demographic Futures and Government Budgets in the U.S.: Ronald Lee, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Ryan Edwards.- 5: Life, Death, and the Economy: Mortality Change in Overlapping-Generations Model: Qi Li and Shripad Tuljapurkar.- 6: International Adverse Selection in Life Insurance and Annuities: David McCarthy, Olivia S. Mitchell.- 7: Aging, Family Support Systems, Saving, and Wealth: Is Decline on the Horizon for Japan?: Andrew Mason, Naohiro Ogawa, Takehiro Fukui.- 8: The Future Costs of Health Care in Aging Societies: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?: Deborah Freund, Timothy Smeeding.- 9: Family Support for Older People: Determinants and Consequences: Emily Grundy.- 10: Care of the Elderly and Women's Labour Force Participation in Japan: Naohiro Ogawa, Robert Retherford, Yasuhiko Saito.- 11: Family and Kinship Networks in the Context of Ageing Societies: Michael Murphy.- 12: Historical Trends in the Patterns of Time Use of Older Adults: Anne Gauthier, Timothy Smeeding.- 13: An Economic Analysis of Age Discrimination - The Impact of Mandatory Retirement and Age Limitations in Hiring on the Utilization of Human Resources in an Aging Society: Atsushi Seike.