老年学与老年病学研究

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Rapid Population Ageing and Reforms to Contractual Mandatory Retirement in Japan and South Korea

Thomas R Klassen* and Masa Higo

Rapid population ageing in Japan and South Korea requires reforms to retirement policies, especially the contractual mandatory retirement of workers at age 60. The experience of other nations suggests that Japan and South Korea can amend retirement policies without undue impacts on productivity and economic performance.