The economics of social security in Japan / edited by Toshiaki Tachibanaki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tachibanaki, Toshiaki, 1943-

Series:

ESRI studies series on ageing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security--Japan.

Social security.

Japan.

Pensions--Japan.

Pensions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2004]

Contents:

2 Social security reform in Japan in the twenty-first century / Toshiaki Tachibanaki 12

3 Uncertainty and pension policy / Henry J. Aaron, Benjamin H. Harris 43

4 Alternative pension reform strategies for Japan / David Miles, Ales Cerny 75

5 Effects of the old-age pension system for active employees on the labor supply of elderly male workers / Fumio Ohtake, Hisaki Yamaga 136

6 Strengthening employment-based pensions / Robert L. Clark, Olivia S. Mitchell 170

7 Retirement provision: accumulations, security, and insurance / John Piggott, Sachi Purcal, Matthew Williams 202

8 Issues in Japanese health policy and medical expenditure / Yasushi Iwamoto 219

9 Conjoint analysis and effect of child-care policies on fertility / Yasushi Ohkusa 233

10 The child-care leave system in Japan: development, problems and further reform / Akira Kawaguchi 249

11 Public infrastructures for equalizing capability in an ageing society / Tadashi Yagi 278.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1843766825

OCLC:

54356595