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Richard Jackson

Director and Senior Fellow, Global Aging Initiative

Associated Research Focus:

Demography & Population

Associated Programs:

Demographics and Geopolitics in the 21st Century
Future of U.S. Immigration
Global Aging Initiative
The China Balance Sheet

Expertise:

Population aging; global retirement crisis.

Contact:

(202) 457-8731
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Richard Jackson is a senior fellow at CSIS, where he directs the Global Aging Initiative, a research program that explores the economic, social, and geopolitical implications of the aging population in the United States and around the world. He is also an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute and a senior adviser to the Concord Coalition.

Jackson is the author of numerous policy studies, including The Aging of Korea: Demographics and Retirement Policy in the Land of the Morning Calm (CSIS/MetLife, 2007); Long-Term Immigration Projection Methods: Current Practice and How to Improve It (CSIS, 2006); Building Human Capital in an Aging Mexico (CSIS, 2005); The Graying of the Middle Kingdom (CSIS/Prudential Financial, 2004); The CSIS Aging Vulnerability Index (CSIS/Watson Wyatt Worldwide, 2003); and The Global Retirement Crisis (CSIS/Citigroup, 2002).

In 1994, he served as Blackstone Group chairman Peter G. Peterson’s liaison to the Kerrey-Danforth Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform. From 1988 to 1992, he was a research fellow at the Hudson Institute, where he contributed to the path-breaking Workforce 2000 project. Jackson regularly speaks on long-term demographic and economic issues and is widely quoted in the national and international media. He holds a B.A. in classics from SUNY at Albany and a Ph.D. in economic history from Yale University.

CSIS Publications by Richard Jackson


The Graying of the Great Powers 03/31/2008
The Geopolitics of World Population Change 07/10/2007
The Aging of Korea: Demographics and Retirement Policy in the Land of the Morning Calm 03/21/2007
Global Aging and the Sustainability of Public Pension Systems 01/03/2007
300 Million Americans: What Does It Mean? 10/18/2006
Long-Term Immigration Projection Methods 06/27/2006
Building Human Capital in an Aging Mexico 07/04/2005
Preparing for China's Aging Challenge 05/01/2005
Projecting Immigration 04/04/2005
The Graying of the Middle Kingdom 04/19/2004
The 2003 Aging Vulnerability Index 03/04/2003
Germany and the Challenge of Global Aging 03/03/2003
The Macroeconomic Impact of Global Aging 10/01/2002
The Global Retirement Crisis 04/01/2002
Global Aging 12/10/1999

Richard Jackson In the News


Richard Jackson, director of the CSIS Global Aging Initiative, was quoted by La Presse, "Les enfants uniques sont plus conservateurs." 04/05/2008
Richard Jackson, director of the CSIS Global Aging Initiative, and Keisuke Nakashima, a research associate with the CSIS Global Aging Initiative, were quoted by the Washington Times, "Social Security Reform a Key Issue." 02/06/2008
Richard Jackson, director of the Global Aging Initiative at CSIS, had a response published in the Washington Post's online feature Think Tank Town: Think Tanks Talk Back, "Mortgaging Our Children's Future." 08/08/2007
A report by Richard Jackson, Global Aging Initiative director at CSIS, was quoted by the Miami Herald, "It May Come as a Surprise to Many Americans, but Their Retirement Security..." 07/15/2007
The latest issue of Forbes Asia featured the CSIS Global Aging Initiative report, The Aging of Korea. 05/07/2007
Richard Jackson, director of the Global Aging Initiative at CSIS, was interviewed on CNBC about Korea's aging population. 04/15/2007
Richard Jackson, director of the Global Aging Initiative at CSIS, and Neil Howe, a senior adviser, published a commentary in the Financial Times, " Rising Populations Breed Rising Powers." 02/09/2007
Richard Jackson, director of CSIS's Global Aging Initiative, was quoted by the Chicago Tribune, "China Ages at Alarming Rate." 01/23/2007
The Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire" reported on an analysis by Richard Jackson, director of CSIS's Global Aging Initiative, "300 Million Americans: What Does it Mean?" 10/23/2006
Richard Jackson, director of CSIS's Global Aging Initiative, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal, "As Families Shrink In Mexico, the U.S. May Feel Impact." 04/28/2006
A report from CSIS’s Global Aging Initiative was quoted in The Wall Street Journal article, "How to Defuse the Population Bomb." 04/11/2006
White House Conference on Aging 07/20/2005
Global Summit on the Aging Workforce 07/01/2005
CSIS Richard Jackson on Global Lens 06/06/2005
Richard Jackson at the 2005 CFA Institute Annual Conference 05/09/2005
Richard Jackson at the UNITAR/UNFPA Workshop 03/31/2005
Keisuke Nakashima in The Kaigai Toyushi 03/01/2005
Healthcare in Aging America 02/18/2005
Richard Jackson on Voice of America 02/16/2005
CSIS Aging Vulnerability 02/11/2005
Richard Jackson talks about China's Aging Challenge 02/10/2005
Aging Population Poses Global Challenges 02/02/2005
Richard Jackson on Radio Netherlands 02/01/2005
Keisuke Nakashima's Views on Aging Vulnerability 01/09/2005

Testimony by Richard Jackson


Retirement Policy Challenges and Opportunities of our Aging Society 05/19/2005
 

 

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