Readings

1. Intergenerational transfers, aging, and the economy

Lee, Ronald, 2003. "Demographic Change, Welfare, and Intergenerational Transfers: A Global Overview." GENUS LIX(3-4): 43-70. (Read the earlier version here)

Lee, Ronald, 1994. "The Formal Demography of Population Aging, Transfers, and Economic Lifecycle," Chp 2 in Linda Martin and Samuel Preston (eds), The Demography of Aging. National Academy Press. pp. 8-49.

2. Overview of National Transfer Accounts

Mason, Andrew, Ronald Lee, An-Chi Tung, Mun-Sim Lai, and Tim Miller. Forthcoming. Population Aging and Intergenerational Transfers: Introducing Age into National Accounts. In Developments in the Economics of Aging, edited by D. Wise. Chicago: National Bureau of Economic Research and University of Chicago Press. (Read the earlier version WP05-01)

3. Data and estimation issues

Deaton, Angus. 1997. The Analysis of Household Surveys: A Microeconometric Approach to Development Policy. New York and Baltimore: World Bank. pp. 7-40.

Griliches, Zvi. 1985. “Data and Econometricians--The Uneasy Alliance.” American Economic Review 75(2): 196-200.

4. Economic Life-cycle

Lee, Ronald, Sang-Hyop Lee, and Andrew Mason. 2008. Charting the Economic Lifecycle: Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth. In Population and Development Review, edited by A. Prskawetz, D. E. Bloom and W. Lutz. (Read the earlier version WP05-08)

5. Public transfers

Edwards, Ryan. 2003. Budget Forecasting Methods. Unpublished paper. E2003

Clark, Robert, Andrew Mason, and Naohiro Ogawa, 2007. “Economic and policy implications of population aging,” Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy, Robert Clark, Naohiro Ogawa, and Andrew Mason (eds.), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 3-14.

6. Private transfers

Lee, Ronald. 2000. Intergenerational transfers and the economic life cycle: a cross-cultural perspective. In Sharing the wealth. Demographic change and economic transfers between generations, edited by G. Tapinos and A. Mason. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

7. Public assets

Mason, Andrew, Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura, and Amonthep Chawla (forthcoming) "Asset-based Reallocations". NTA Working Paper.

8. Private assets

Mason, A. and R. Lee (2007). Transfers, Capital, and Consumption over the Demographic Transition. Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy. R. Clark, N. Ogawa and A. Mason, Elgar Press.

Mason, Andrew, Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura, and Amonthep Chawla (forthcoming) "Asset-based Reallocations". NTA Working Paper.

9. Demographic Dividends

Mason, Andrew. 2005. “Demographic Transition and Demographic Dividends in Developed and Developing Countries.” United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Social and Economic Implications of Changing Population Age Structures, Mexico City, August 31 - September 2.

Mason, Andrew. and Ronald Lee. 2006. “Reform and support systems for the elderly in developing countries: capturing the second demographic dividend.” GENUS LXII(2): 11-35. (Read the earlier version WP06-05)

Mason, A., R. Lee, S.H. Lee. 2008. Demographic Transition and Economic Growth in the Pacific Rim. East Asian Seminar on Economics (EASE), June 19-21, Seoul, Korea.

10. Empirical models

Bloom D.E. and Canning D. and P. Malaney, 2000, “Demographic Change and Economic Growth in Asia,” Population and Development Review, Vol. 26, supp. pp. 257-290.

Kelley, A.C and Schmidt, R.M. 1995, "Aggregate Population and Economic Growth Correlations: The Role of the Components of Demographic Change," Demography, Vol. 32 (4). p 543-55.

11. Human capital

Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason. 2008. "Fertility, Human Capital, and Economic Growth over the Demographic Transition" Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, April. Presented at the Conference on the Economic Consequences of Low Fertility, World Demographic Association, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, April 10-12. WP08-02

12. Gender and the demographic dividend

Edmeades, Jeffrey, Janna McDougall, Anju Malhotra & Margaret Greene, “Gender Equality and the Demographic Dividend,” presented at the PAA Meeting, New Orleans, April 17-19, 2008.

Mason, Karen O. 2005. What Is the Role of Gender Roles and Gender Inequality in the Translation of Age Structure Change into Economic Growth? Unpublished paper.

World Bank. 2001. Engendering Development: Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources, and Voice. Pp. 83-92. New York: Oxford University Press.