Tax Policy for Aging Societies - Lessons from Japan (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)

The Japanese population is aging faster than any other in the world. The per centage of Japan's population aged 65 and above was only 7.1% in 1970, but just 30 years later, in 2000, it reached 17.2%. A declining birth rate and a rising average life expectancy will continue to push this trend further. This situation is causing serious problems for Japanese society.Structural reforms, especially tax and social security reforms, to accommodate this drastic demographic change have become an urgent policy issue. The purpose of this book is to establish guidelines for tax and social security reforms in Japan in terms that are both efficient and equitable. In this study, an extended life-cycle general equilibrium model is employed to rigorously take account of the rapidly aging Japanese population. The simulation approach adopted in our analysis permits us to calculate the effects of alternative policy packages on capital accumulation and economic welfare. This enables us to make proposals for concrete economic policies."

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag,Japan
Country of origin:	Japan
Release date:	September 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	A. Okamoto
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	167
Edition:	2004 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-4-431-22055-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Public finance > General Books > Money & Finance > Public finance > General
LSN:	4-431-22055-0
Barcode:	9784431220558

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