What makes people anxious about life after the age of 65? Evidence from international survey research in Japan, the United States, China, and India

Yoshihiko Kadoya

Review of Economics of the Household, 2016, vol. 14, issue 2, No 9, 443-461

Abstract: Abstract This study investigated the causes of people’s anxieties about life after the age of 65 years, using household data from countries with different social contexts: Japan, the United States, China, and India. This research added contextual aspects to the literature on social security and precautionary savings. An ordered probit model was used to establish the causes of anxiety and a generalized structural equation model was used to check the robustness of the results. This study uncovered three major findings. First, anxiety levels about life at an older age partly depend on people’s views of the future. Second, high financial status lessens people’s anxiety levels only if prices are stable. Third, living with a child, contrary to expectations, does not necessarily lessen people’s concerns about life after 65.

Keywords: Aging policy; Social security; Future concern; Precautionary saving; Comparative studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E21 H53 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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