The Economics of Tax and Social Security in Japan

1. Prologue: Outlook and Challenges for Social Security Finances
Yoshimi Adachi

Part I. Tax and the Financial Burden of Social Security

2. Redistribution Effects of Income Taxation and Insurance Contributions
Yoshimi Adachi

3. The Burden of Indirect Taxation and Consumption Tax by Income Group
Yoshimi Adachi

4. Effects of Spousal Deduction on Household Labor Supply
Yoshimi Adachi

Part II. Economic Analysis of Social Security Policy

5. Insurance Contribution Burden Structure: National Health Insurance System and Latter-Stage Elderly Medical Care System
Yoshimi Adachi

6. Analysis of the Regional Disparity in Long-Term Care Insurance Contributions
Yoshimi Adachi

7. Analysis of the Payment Rate of National Health Insurance Contributions
Yoshimi Adachi

8. Expanding the Scope and Improving the Efficiency of National Health Insurance Administrative Work
Yoshimi Adachi

9. Expanding the Scope and Improving the Efficiency of Long-Term Care Insurance Operations
Yoshimi Adachi

10. Guidelines for Policy Evaluation and Post-integration Reforms
Yoshimi Adachi

Keywords: Economics, Public Administration, Social Policy, Health Economics