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The world is in the midst of a major demographic transition. This paper examines the implications of such transition over the next 80 years for Japan, the United States, other industrial countries, and the developing regions of the world using a dynamic intertemporal general equilibrium four-country model containing demographics calibrated to the "medium variant" of the United Nations population projections. We find that population aging in industrial countries will reduce aggregate growth in these regions over time, but should boost growth in developing countries over the next 20-30 years, as the relative size of their workingage populations increases. Demographic change will also affect saving, investment, and capital flows, implying changes in global trade balances and asset prices. We also explore the sensitivity of the results to assumptions about future productivity growth and country external risk for the developing country region.

Aging -- Economic aspects -- Econometric models. --- Capital movements -- Econometric models. --- Demography -- Econometric models. --- Population -- Economic aspects -- Econometric models. --- Saving and investment -- Econometric models. --- Business & Economics --- Demography --- Population --- Aging --- Saving and investment --- Capital movements --- Econometric models. --- Economic aspects --- Capital flight --- Capital flows --- Capital inflow --- Capital outflow --- Flight of capital --- Flow of capital --- Movements of capital --- Accumulation, Capital --- Capital accumulation --- Capital formation --- Investment and saving --- Saving and thrift --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Human population --- Human populations --- Population growth --- Populations, Human --- Historical demography --- Physiological effect --- Balance of payments --- Foreign exchange --- International finance --- Capital --- Supply-side economics --- Wealth --- Investments --- Developmental biology --- Gerontology --- Longevity --- Age factors in disease --- Economics --- Human ecology --- Sociology --- Malthusianism --- Social sciences --- Vital statistics --- Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts --- International Investment --- Long-term Capital Movements --- Macroeconomics: Consumption --- Saving --- Investment --- Intangible Capital --- Capacity --- Economics of the Elderly --- Economics of the Handicapped --- Non-labor Market Discrimination --- Demographic Economics: General --- Health: General --- Population & demography --- Population & migration geography --- Health economics --- Demographic change --- Population and demographics --- Health --- Demographic transition --- Population aging --- Japan