Tax Policy for Aging Societies : Lessons from Japan /
With a population that is aging faster than any other in the world, Japan faces serious public finance problems, particularly when it comes to tax and social security issues. The structural reforms that are urgently needed to accommodate the impending demographic change are the central theme of this...
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| Language: | English |
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Tokyo :
Springer Japan,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Taxation of interest income in an aging Japan: simulation analysis using a life-cycle general equilibrium model
- Progressive taxes and intragenerational redistribution in an aging Japan
- Simulating progressive expenditure taxation in an aging Japan
- Inheritance taxes and tax reforms in an aging Japan
- Integration of tax and social security systems: financing methods for a public pension scheme in a pay-as-you-go system
- A life-cycle general equilibrium simulation model with continuous income distribution: an application to an aging Japan
- Within-cohort inequality and tax reforms in an aging Japan
- Summary and conclusions.