Professor and Chair
Department of Economics
University of Hawaii
2424 Maile Way, SSB 542
Honolulu, HI 96822
TEL: (808) 944-7455
FAX: (808) 944-7490
E-MAIL: amason@hawaii.edu
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SPECIALIZATIONS:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii, 1972-present; Research Associate, Assistant Director, East-West Population Institute, 1975-1992.
IN JAPAN: repeated brief trips.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
Sharing the Wealth (Oxford University Press, 2000) with Georges Tapinos, eds; "The Intergenerational Distribution of Resources and Income in Japan," The Family, the Market and the State in Aging Societies (ed. Ermisch et al.) (Oxford University Press, 1998); Household Projections for Japan, 1985-2025: A Transition Model of Headship Rates (with Fukui et al.) (Japan Statistical Association, Nihon University Population Research Institute, and East-West Center, 1993); "The Distribution of Income and Wealth in Japan," Review of Income and Wealth (with Bauer) (1992); "An Economic Analysis of Recent Fertility in Japan: An Application of the Butz-Ward Model," Journal of Population Studies (Jinkogaku Kenkyu, 1986).