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Consumption over the lifecycle: an international comparison

In: Population Aging and the Generational Economy

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  • An-Chi Tung

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Over coming decades, changes in population age structure will have profound implications for the macroeconomy, influencing economic growth, generational equity, human capital, saving and investment, and the sustainability of public and private transfer systems. How the future unfolds will depend on key actors in the generational economy: governments, families, financial institutions, and others. This path-breaking book provides a comprehensive analysis of the macroeconomic effects of changes in population age structure across the globe.

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  • An-Chi Tung, 2011. "Consumption over the lifecycle: an international comparison," Chapters, in: Ronald Lee & Andrew Mason (ed.), Population Aging and the Generational Economy, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    2. d’Albis, Hippolyte & Bonnet, Carole & Navaux, Julien & Pelletan, Jacques & Toubon, Hector & Wolff, François-Charles, 2015. "The lifecycle deficit in France, 1979–2005," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 5(C), pages 79-85.
    3. Ivan Frankovic & Michael Kuhn & Stefan Wrzaczek, 2020. "On the Anatomy of Medical Progress Within an Overlapping Generations Economy," De Economist, Springer, vol. 168(2), pages 215-257, June.
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    5. Sang-Hyop Lee & Andrew Mason, 2012. "The economic lifecycle and support systems in Asia," Chapters, in: Donghyun Park & Sang-Hyop Lee & Andrew Mason (ed.), Aging, Economic Growth, and Old-Age Security in Asia, chapter 5, pages 130-160, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    7. Hippolyte d'Albis & Carole Bonnet & Julien Navaux & Jacques Pelletan & François-­charles Wolff, 2017. "Le déficit de cycle de vie en France : une évaluation pour la période 1979-2001," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01599680, HAL.
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    9. Hippolyte d’Albis & Carole Bonnet & Julien Navaux & Jacques Pelletan & François-Charles Wolff, 2017. "Lifecycle deficit in France: an assessment for the period 1979-2011," Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE), issue 491-492, pages 47-70.
    10. Yu, Miao & Meng, Bo & Li, Rong, 2022. "Analysis of China's urban household indirect carbon emissions drivers under the background of population aging," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 114-125.
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    12. Lai, Nicole Mun Sim & Tung, An-Chi, 2015. "Who supports the elderly? The changing economic lifecycle reallocation in Taiwan, 1985 and 2005," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 5(C), pages 63-68.
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