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Is Demeny Voting the Answer to Low Fertility in Japan?

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  • Aoki, Reiko
  • 青木, 玲子
  • アオキ, レイコ
  • Vaithianathan, Rhema

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Japan has the oldest population in the world, and experienced an unprecedented decrease in fertility rates during the post-war period. Despite the well recognized need to provide pronatalist policies, Japan lags behind other developed countries in the generosity of its family benefits. Part of the reason for this is the large voting bloc presented by those in, or close to, retirement, and the weak political power of parents and children. We argue that to reverse the trend, Japan should introduce a Demeny Voting rule, which allows parents to vote on behalf of their children. Such a change would signal a commitment to ongoing generous family policies which in turn would increase fertility.

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  • Aoki, Reiko & 青木, 玲子 & アオキ, レイコ & Vaithianathan, Rhema, 2009. "Is Demeny Voting the Answer to Low Fertility in Japan?," PIE/CIS Discussion Paper 435, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
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    1. Reiko Aoki, 2013. "A Demographic Perspective on Japan's “Lost Decades”," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 38, pages 103-112, February.
    2. Ishida, Ryo & Oguro, Kazumasa, 2018. "The viability of a voting system that allocates parliamentary seats according to life expectancy: An analysis using OLG models," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 51-57.
    3. Bonatti, Luigi & Lorenzetti, Lorenza Alexandra, 2023. "Long-term economic implications of Demeny voting: A theoretical analysis," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 47(4).
    4. Daryna Grechyna & Rhema Vaithianathan, 2024. "Fertility and Welfare under Demeny Voting," CESifo Working Paper Series 11553, CESifo.
    5. Aoki, Reiko & 青木, 玲子, 2012. "Japan’s Demographics and the Lost Decades," CIS Discussion paper series 561, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
    6. Luigi Bonatti & Mauro Lorenza Alexandra Lorenzetti, 2022. "Long-term Economic Implications of Demeny. Voting: A Theoretical Analysis," DEM Working Papers 2022/6, Department of Economics and Management.
    7. Yoshio Kamijo & Yoichi Hizen & Tatsuyoshi Saijo & Teruyuki Tamura, 2019. "Voting on Behalf of a Future Generation: A Laboratory Experiment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-21, August.
    8. Luigi Bonatti & Lorenza Alexandra Lorenzetti, 2022. "Long-Term Economic Implications of Demeny Voting: A Theoretical Analysis," CESifo Working Paper Series 10039, CESifo.

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