Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 320 p)
,
ill
ISBN:
9781845420758
Series Statement:
ESRI studies series on ageing
Content:
This book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare provision has been the main responsibility of the family and employers, rather than the state. However, an ageing population, changes in family structure and continued recession has led to an urgent reappraisal of this situation
Content:
1. Introduction -- 2. Social security reform in Japan in the twenty-first century -- 3. Uncertainty and pension policy -- 4. Alternative pension reform strategies for Japan -- 5. Effects of the old-age pension system for active employees on the labor supply of elderly male workers -- 6. Strengthening employment-based pensions -- 7. Retirement provision : accumulations, security, and insurance -- 8. Issues in Japanese health policy and medical expenditure -- 9. Conjoint analysis and effect of child-care policies on fertility -- 10. The child-care leave system in Japan : development, problems and further reform -- 11. Public infrastructures for equalizing capability in an ageing society
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1843766825
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843766827 (hardback)
Additional Edition:
Available in another form ISBN 9781843766827 (hardback)
Additional Edition:
Elektronische Reproduktion von The economics of social security in Japan Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2004 ISBN 1843766825
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
Japan
;
Soziale Sicherheit
;
Japan
;
Altersversorgung
;
Japan
;
Sozialversicherung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.4337/9781845420758
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