The demographic transition and economic growth in the Pacific Rim / Andrew Mason, Ronald Lee, and Sang-Hyop Lee ; comments: Jocelyn E. Finlay, Jong-Wha Lee -- Population aging and economic growth in Asia / David E. Bloom, David Canning, and Jocelyn E. Finlay ; comments: Roberto S. Mariano, Kwanho Shin -- Demographic transition, human capital accumulation and economic growth: some evidence from cross-country and Korean micro data / Chin Hee Hahn and Chang-Gyun Park ; comments: Meng-Chun Liu, Chulhee Lee -- Japan's unprecedented aging and changing intergenerational transfers / Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason, Amonthep Chawla, and Rikiya Matsukura ; comments: Worawan Chandoevwit, Alejandro N. Herrin -- Pension issues in Japan: how can we cope with the declining population?/ Noriyuki Takayama ; comments: Worawan Chandoevwit, Hyungpyo Moon -- The effects of demographic change on public education in Japan / Fumio Ohtake and Shinpei Sano ; comments: Dae Il Lim, Chang-Gyun Park -- Intergenerational transfers and old-age security in Korea / Hisam Kim ; comment: Jiyeun Chang -- Labor force participation of older males in Korea: 1955-2005 / Chulhee Lee ; comments: Kyungsoo Choi, Fumio Ohtake -- China and Hong Kong: long-term effects of early-life development: evidence from the 1959-1961 China famine / Douglas Almond, Lena Edlund, Hongbin Li, and Junsen Zhang ; comments: Ronald Lee, Naohiro Ogawa -- Demographic transition, childless families, and economic growth / Francis T. Lui ; comments: Hongbin Li, Roberto S. Mariano