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'... a thorough and insightful analysis of the challenges posed by population ageing. Important to those interested in the future of Japan and the other industrialized countries of the world.' - Andrew Mason, East - West Center and University of Hawaii, US 'This insightful book sets an economic policy agenda that can help guarantee the long-term viability of a society whose age structure is heavily weighted towards the old.' - Paul Demeny, Population Council, US 'This book underscores the links between population ageing and all parts of the economy, not just the pension system... a timely and important contribution which will be of interest to Japan experts and those interested in population ageing issues worldwide.' - Michael Orszag, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, UK '... a book that will be of interest to policymakers in Southeast Asia and China, who in a few decades will confront the same challenges of demographic ageing now being dealt with in Japan.' - Robert Holzmann, World Bank 'The analysis in this book provides guidance to policymakers elsewhere who will face rapidly ageing populations, as well as evidence that this great challenge can be met.' - Warren R. McGillivray, International Social Security Association 'This important work examines the economic situation in a country where population ageing is proceeding faster and further than in any other country in history and does so using a simulation model that contains more detailed modules on pensions, health, and long-term care than other models do.' - Charles Horioka, Osaka University, Japan

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Landis MacKellar, Senior Associate and Co-Editor, Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc. New York, US, Tatiana Ermolieva, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, David Horlacher, Department of Economics, Middlebury College, Vermont, US and Leslie Mayhew, Faculty of Actuarial Science and Statistics, Cass Business School, City University, London, UK

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