Population aging and the generational economy: a global perspective/ Ronald Lee Professor of Demography and Jordan Family Professor of Economics, and Director, Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging, University of California, Berkeley, USA Andrew Mason of Professor Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Senior Fellow, Population and Health Studies, East-West Center, Hawaii, USA.

Includes "National Transfer Accounts: Data sheet."

Datasheet contains maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fundamental principles and concepts. Population aging and the generational economy : key findings / Andrew Mason, Ronald Lee -- Theoretical aspects of national transfer accounts / Ronald Lee. Andrew Mason -- Introducing age into national accounts / Andrew Mason, Ronald Lee -- Lifecycles, support systems, and generational flows : patterns and change / Ronald Lee, Andrew Mason -- Comparative analyses of age and the macroeconomy. Labor income over the lifecycle / Sang-Hyop Lee, Naohiro Ogawa -- Consumpti on over the lifecycle : an international comparison / An-Chi Tung -- Rise of the intergenerational state : aging and development / Tim Miller -- Private transfers in comparative perspective / Ronald Lee, Gretchen Donehower -- Asset-based flows from a generational perspective / Andrew Mason, Naohiro Ogawa, Amonthep Chawla, Rikiya Matsukura -- Country studies of age and the macroeconomy. Overviews of the generational economy -- How intergenerational transfers finance the lifecycle deficit in Spain / Concepció Patxot, Elisenda Rentería, Miguel Sánchez-Romero, Guadalupe Souto -- National transfer accounts for Austria : low levels of education and the generosity of the social security system / Jože Sambt and Alexia Prskawetz -- Significance of inter-age economic transfers in Chile / Jorge Bravo, Mauricio Holz -- Economic lifecycle and intergenerational redistribution in Mexico / Iván Mejía-Guevara -- National transfer accounts for Finland / Risto Vaittinen, Reijo Vanne -- Economic lifecycle. Changing shape of the economic lifecycle in the United States, 1960 to 2003 / Ronald Lee, Gretchen Donehower, Tim Miller -- Labor income and consumption profiles : the case of Germany / Fanny A. Kluge -- Slovenia : independence and the return to the family of European market economics / Jože Sambt, Janez Malac̆ic̆ -- Changes in patterns of Philippine lifecycle consumption and labor income between 1994 and 2002 / Rachel H. Racelis, J.M. Ian Salas -- National transfer accounts for Kenya : the economic lifecycle in 1994 / Germano Mwabu, Moses K. Muriithi, Reuben G. Mutegi -- Systems of intergenerational flows. Intergenerational resource allocation in the Republic of Korea / Chong-Bum An, Young-Jun Chun, Eul-Sik Gim, Namhui Hwang, Sang-Hyop Lee -- Idiosyncrasies of intergenerational transfers in Brazil / Cassio M. Turra, Bernardo L. Queiroz, Eduardo L.G. Rios-Neto -- Changing patterns of China's public services / Ling Li, Qiulin Chen, Yu Jiang -- Intergenerational redistribution in Sweden's public and private sectors / Daniel Hallberg, Thomas Lindh, Gustav Öberg, Charlotte Thulstrup -- Public transfer flows between generations in Uruguay / Marisa Bucheli, Cecilia González -- Structure of generational public transfer flows in Nigeria / Adedoyin Soyibo, Olanrewaju Olaniyan, Akanni O. Lawanson -- Role of familial transfers in supporting the lifecycle deficit in India / Laishram Ladusingh, M.R. Narayana --Issues related to the generational economy. Elderly as latent assets in aging Japan / Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura, Amonthep Chawla -- Living arrangements and support for the elderly in Taiwan / An-Chi Tung, Nicole Mun Sim Lai -- Transfer accounts in Costa Rica's mixed economy under rapidly changing demographic conditions / Luis Rosero-Bixby, Paolo Zúñiga-Brenes, Andrea Collado -- Support system for Indonesian elders : moving toward a sustainable national pension system / Maliki -- Incorporating time into the national transfer accounts : the case of Thailand / Mathana Phananiramai -- National transfer accounts in Hungary : contribution asset and returns in a pay-as-you-go pension scheme / Róbert I. Gál, Vera Gergely, Márton Medgyesi -- Appendix tables.