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Abstract This paper joins central concerns in the sociology of work and the sociology of aging. Age differences in work commitment and work values are examined, as well as their work and nonwork determinants, using data from 4,567 American and 3,735 Japanese employees. Our results show that older men are more committed to work than younger men in both Japan and the United States. This pattern also holds for American women, but there are no age differences in work commitment among Japanese women. Moreover, there are greater age differences among the Japanese in the importance placed on good pay. This is consistent with the view that there has been greater cultural change in recent years in Japan than in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the importance attached to intergenerational conflict in empirical studies of political opinion and behavior affecting aging policy. Political status and social imagery; Issue of generational equity; Studies of political preferences among generations; Studies of candidate and party preferences; Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR).

Examines the relationship between social policy and the condition and needs of the elderly population. Social construction of reality; Role of the aging enterprise; Social creation of dependency; Fiscal crisis and restructuring of community care; Problems in the nonprofit sector; Empowerment initiative in social policy and community care; Levels of intervention; Contradictions and problems in community care; Managed care.