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The economics of social security in Japan
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"This book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare provision has been the main responsibility of the family and employers, rather than the state. However, an ageing population changes in family structure and conti…
The expert contributors, including both Japanese and international specialists, provide a critical evaluation of social security reform in Japan, set against the background of future demographic and economic trends. This book will appeal to all scholars of public policy, welfare…
Focusing on the role and functions of trade unions, this collection of essays by a team of international scholars looks to the future and explores their broader political and social remits and responsibilities.
Most advanced democracies are currently experiencing accelerated population ageing, which fundamentally changes not just their demographic composition; it can also be expected to have far-reaching political and policy consequences. This volume brings together an expert set of sc…
This thesis is the first to examine Irish American Union service using the words of the ordinary rank and file who fought it. It does so through an analysis of more than 1100 letters written by almost 400 Irish American servicemen, which were uncovered through an assessment of c…
Total compensation is divided into current and deferred elements. Deferred portions are mainly composed of pensions and health benefits to which an employee is entitled upon retirement. Early pensions were designed to provide income security through a stream of payments, guarant…
Pensions play an important role in our society as they provide for a time later in life when people cannot, or do not want to, continue working. However, falling private pension saving rates in the UK have led to concerns regarding the adequacy of provision for later life. The a…
This book provides computational tools that readers can use to flourish in the retirement income industry. Each chapter describes recipe-like algorithms and explains how to implement them via simple scripts in the freely available R coding language. Students can use those skills…
This book provides computational tools that readers can use to flourish in the retirement income industry. Each chapter describes recipe-like algorithms and explains how to implement them via simple scripts in the freely available R coding language. Students can use those skills…
