Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Masa Higo

Biography

My research focuses on the roles of the intersection of population aging around the world and economic globalization in creating and reproducing risks in later life and inequalities between older people in different regions of the world. My research specifically examines employment and retirement in later life, age-discrimination in the labor market, pension privatization, and elderly care (e.g., global care drain). To date, along with the U.S. and the U.K., my research has focused on these issue mainly East Asia, particularly in Japan, Korea, and China.