Response of Inequality to a Growth Rate Slowdown in Japanese Economy during the Lost Decades Nao Sudo, Michio Suzuki, Tomoaki Yamada May 27, 2014 Presented at the 5th Annual CIGS Conference on Macroeconomic Theory and Policy 2014. Presented at the Japanese Economic Association Autumn Meeting in 2014. Consumption Inequality Lost Decades NSFIE FIES Tomoaki Yamada Professor of Economics My research interests include heterogeneity in macroeconomics, inequality, consumption and savings, population aging, and the social security system. Related Effects of Demographic Change on the Expenditure Composition in Japanese Economy Wage, Income and Consumption Inequality in Japan, 1981-2008: from Boom to Lost Decades Inequalities in Japanese Economy during the Lost Decades Inequality Dynamics in Japan, 1981-2021 The Time Trend and Life-cycle Profiles of Consumption