ID 3448
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Title Alternative
A Study of Public Expenditure and the Function of Income Redistribution in Social Security in Japan
Authors
NAKAJIMA, Masahiro
Self DOI
Journal Title
The Wakayama economic review
Publisher
和歌山大学経済学会
ISSN
04516222
NCID
AN00071425
Volume
392
Start Page
19
End Page
40
Order
02
Published Date
2018-03-31
Language
jpn
Docuemnt Type
論文
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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Departmental Bulletin Paper
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