2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

German-Japanese Comparative Research on the Paradigm Shift of the Pension Scheme in the Global Economy and its Influence

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23530065
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Social law
Research Institution	Yamaguchi Prefectural University
Principal Investigator	TANAKA Kotaro 山口県立大学, 社会福祉学部, 教授 (40275433)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	社会保障法 / 日独年金政策 / 公的年金のパラダイム・シフト / グローバル経済 / 少子高齢化 / 年金支給開始年齢
Research Abstract	Tracing the struggle of major pension reforms in united Germany after 1990, the paradigm shift of the pension scheme from benefit-led to contribution-led was clarified. And the background of this change, such as low birth rate and the rapid aging of the population, worsening economic and labor market situation, heavy burden of the enterprises through growing social insurance contributions under the global competition, was compared with the situation in Japan and examined empirically. Furthermore, under the new pension paradigm, as the contribution rate is limited to the ceiling which causes the lowering benefit level, complementary measures are inevitable. From this point of view, the following issues were pointed out and analyzed: (1) increasing the public subsidies to the pension budget, (2) promoting the corporate/private pension plans, (3) introducing the minimum benefit for the low income pensioners through tax revenue, (4)raising the pension age.

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