The Wakayama economic review 392
2018-03-31 発行

A Study of Public Expenditure and the Function of Income Redistribution in Social Security in Japan

日本の社会保障における公費負担と所得再分配機能についての一考察
NAKAJIMA, Masahiro
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40021611185
Language
jpn
Start Page
19
End Page
40
Keywords
社会保障制度
公費負担
所得再分配
Keywords Alternative
social security system
government subsides
income distribution
Abstract Alternative
The topic of this paper is to analyze the sequence of events and circumstances of the social security system in post-war Japan from the perspective of income distribution. The amount and quality of benefits has been increased in social security in Japan. However, with the reforms in 1973, the expansion of benefits was implemented without increasing the burden of costs. Under the current integrated reform of social security and tax, the expansion of benefits is controlled while a regressive consumption tax is used as a source of revenue. It is thought this is leading to a decline in the function of income distribution.
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