Japan : Selected Issues.

Japan has a universal public pension system. Social security spending is a key fiscal policy challenge in Japan. The 2004 pension reforms have increased the ratio of the government subsidy to the basic pension benefit. Three reform measures are necessary to improve pension finances: an increase in p...

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Institutionell upphovsman: International Monetary Fund
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Serie:IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2012/209
Länkar:Full text available on IMF
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