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VI. Social Security: Nonmedical Services

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  • Sueo Sekiguchi

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My assignment in this last chapter is to discuss nonmedical social security in general. Generally speaking, the social security programs are provided basically to assist the so-called socially handicapped, that is, those who are handicapped in their ability to compete in the marketplace and are always at the threshold of poverty. Let us see who these socially handicapped are. Children and minors are weak until they become independent and participate in the labor force, and so are the aged after their retirement from the labor market. So, man is weak at both ends of his life. Children and minors, however, are as a rule supported by their parents, so that we don't need to consider them. In contrast, old people are on their own. Their livelihood after retirement is insecure, especially when social conditions are changing violently. Economic growth raises not only wages but also prices. This makes old people in retirement especially hard pressed. Assistance is provided for them under annuity programs. How are these programs working in Japan?

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  • Sueo Sekiguchi, 1976. "VI. Social Security: Nonmedical Services," Japanese Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 70-81.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jpneco:v:5:y:1976:i:1:p:70-81
    DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X050170
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