This paper reviews and analyzes forecasts of the Social Security mist funds, government spending, medical expenditures. and other elements of aggregate income and spending. According to these forecasts, the aging of the U.S. population will require some increases in taxes to support the retirement system. It should reduce the saving rate, and the composition of output Will change. By themselves, these changes seem manageable. However, the direct effects of aging are completely dominated by the projected increases in medical expenditures. Although medical costs interact with aging, most of the increases are not related to aging. Even the moderately high forecast of medical spending will require that all increases in output between now and 20...
This article presents historical trends of health spending by age. Personal health care is broken ou...
The aging of the population is expected to result in substantial increases in the costs of maintaini...
In this paper we evaluate the respective effects of demographic change, changes in morbidity and cha...
In this paper, we examine the effects of likely demographic changes on medical spending for the elde...
Population aging, accelerating as the baby boom generations age, will have important fiscal conseque...
Population aging, accelerating as the Baby Boom generations age, will have important fiscal conseque...
To what extent can rising per capita health expenditures be attributed to the changing age compositi...
In recent years, concern has increased over the rapid growth of health care spending, especially spe...
In the past several decades a new challenge has arisen, and it refers to the rapid demographic agein...
Demographics, especially the size and the age composition of the population, contribute substantiall...
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic effect of population aging on the aggregate demand for goods a...
The elderly population in America is growing in size owing to declining death rates, increasing life...
AbstractThe share of the population aged 60 and over is projected to increase in nearly every countr...
High out-of-pocket health care costs may have serious repercussions for older people and their famil...
The authors analyze in three steps the influence of the projected mortality decline on the long-run ...
This article presents historical trends of health spending by age. Personal health care is broken ou...
The aging of the population is expected to result in substantial increases in the costs of maintaini...
In this paper we evaluate the respective effects of demographic change, changes in morbidity and cha...
In this paper, we examine the effects of likely demographic changes on medical spending for the elde...
Population aging, accelerating as the baby boom generations age, will have important fiscal conseque...
Population aging, accelerating as the Baby Boom generations age, will have important fiscal conseque...
To what extent can rising per capita health expenditures be attributed to the changing age compositi...
In recent years, concern has increased over the rapid growth of health care spending, especially spe...
In the past several decades a new challenge has arisen, and it refers to the rapid demographic agein...
Demographics, especially the size and the age composition of the population, contribute substantiall...
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic effect of population aging on the aggregate demand for goods a...
The elderly population in America is growing in size owing to declining death rates, increasing life...
AbstractThe share of the population aged 60 and over is projected to increase in nearly every countr...
High out-of-pocket health care costs may have serious repercussions for older people and their famil...
The authors analyze in three steps the influence of the projected mortality decline on the long-run ...
This article presents historical trends of health spending by age. Personal health care is broken ou...
The aging of the population is expected to result in substantial increases in the costs of maintaini...
In this paper we evaluate the respective effects of demographic change, changes in morbidity and cha...