Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) data release

From: Joan Stillwell <stillwel_at_nber.org>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:58:56 -0500

Dear Aging Program Members:

Here is some information on JSTAR data. --Joan Stillwell

>Data from the 1st wave of the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement
>(JSTAR) is available for public use. JSTAR is designed to be highly
>comparable to the HRS, SHARE and ELSA studies. Shared data on Japan
>is quite rare, so this is an exciting development. Information
>about the study and application procedures for accessing the data
>can be found at this website:
>
><http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/projects/jstar/index.html>http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/projects/jstar/index.html
>
>Please forward this information to colleagues at your Centers.

Joan P. Stillwell
Program Manager
Economics of Aging, NBER
617-588-0363
Received on Wed Dec 08 2010 - 09:58:56 EST