Japan’s never–ending social security reforms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9970772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noriyuki Takayama (Institute of Economic Research of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 11-22 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Security Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-871X • E-ISSN: 1468-246X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-246x.00135 |
| OpenAlex | W2100094282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This paper examines implications of the 2002 population projections for future trends in pension and healthcare costs in Japan. Current redistributive pension and healthcare programmes have resulted in considerably higher per capita income for the aged than the non–aged population. Substantive reforms are needed to lessen the extent of such redistribution, but political considerations have meant that only incremental reforms have been feasible. A start, however, has been made on introducing private initiatives in pensions; and shifting from the command and control model operated by the central government to a contracting model for healthcare
Development economics · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Health care · Labour economics · Market economy · Pension · Per capita · Per capita income · Political science · Politics · Population · Population ageing · Population growth · Projections of population growth · Public economics · Redistribution (election · Social security · Finance · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |