NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia, NBER-EASE Volume 19

Takatoshi Ito and Andrew Rose, editors

Conference held June 19-21, 2008
Forthcoming from University of Chicago Press
in NBER Book Series East Asia Seminar on Economics


The following chapters are preliminary drafts unless otherwise noted. They have not yet been subjected to the formal review process of the NBER. This page will be updated as individual chapters are revised.

Table of Contents

Introduction to "The Economic Consequences of Demographic Change in East Asia": Takatoshi Ito, Andrew Rose (bibliographic info) (download) version of July 24, 2009

1. The Demographic Transition and Economic Growth in the Pacific Rim: Andrew Mason, Ronald Lee, Sang-Hyop Lee (bibliographic info) (download) version of April 1, 2009
       Comment: Jocelyn Finlay (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Jong-Wha Lee (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Population Aging and Economic Growth in Asia: David E. Bloom, David Canning, Jocelyn E. Finlay (bibliographic info) (download) version of April 1, 2009
       Comment: Roberto S. Mariano (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Kwanho Shin (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Demographic Transition, Childless Families and Economic Growth: Francis T. Lui (bibliographic info) (download) version of May 26, 2009
       Comment: Hongbin Li (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Roberto S. Mariano (bibliographic info) (download)

4. Demographic Transition, Human Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth: Some Evidence from Cross-Country and Korean Micro Data: Chin Hee Hahn, Chang-Gyun Park (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 8, 2009
       Comment: Meng-Chun Liu (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Chulhee Lee (bibliographic info) (download)

5. Pension Issues in Japan: How Can We Cope with the Declining Population?: Noriyuki Takayama (bibliographic info) (download) version of March 30, 2009
       Comment: Worawan Chandoevwit (bibliographic info) (download) version of April 17, 2009
       Comment: Hyungpyo Moon (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Japan’s Unprecedented Aging and Changing Intergenerational Transfers: Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason, Amonthep Chawla, Rikiya Matsukura (bibliographic info) (download) version of April 1, 2009
       Comment: Worawan Chandoevwit (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Alejandro N. Herrin (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Intergenerational Transfers and Old-Age Security in Korea: Hisam Kim (bibliographic info) (download) version of May 1, 2009
       Comment: Jiyeun Chang (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Long-Term Effects of Early-Life Development: Evidence from the 1959-1961 China Famine: Douglas Almond, Lena Edlund, Hongbin Li, Junsen Zhang (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Ronald Lee (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Naohiro Ogawa (bibliographic info) (download)

9. The Effects of Demographic Change on Public Education in Japan: Fumio Ohtake, Shinpei Sano (bibliographic info) (download) version of April 1, 2009
       Comment: Dae Il Kim (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Chang-Gyun Park (bibliographic info) (download)

10. Labor-Force Participation of Older Males in Korea: 1955-2005: Chulhee Lee (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 8, 2009
       Comment: Kyungsoo Choi (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Fumio Ohtake (bibliographic info) (download)

 
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